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Bellona (1799 ship)

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History
Kingdom of Great Britain
NameBellona
NamesakeBellona
OwnerFishburn and Broderick[1]
BuilderFishburn and Broderick, Whitby[1]
Launched1799
FateMissing 1809
General characteristics
Tons burthen241,[2] or 243[3][2] (bm)
Complement
Armament
  • 1799:16 × 6–pounder + 4 × 18-pounder cannons[3][2]
  • 1803:16 × 9&18-pounder cannons[2]

Bellona was launched at Lancaster in 1799. She was a West Indiaman that made one voyage as a whaler. She disappeared in 1809 as she was returning to England from Jamaica.

Career

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Bellona first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1799 with W.Croft, master, Stuart, owner, and trade Lancaster–Barbados.[3] Captain William Croft acquired a letter of marque on 14 December 1799.[2]

The Register of Shipping for 1804 showed Bellona with Munro, master, Hill, owner, and trade London–Southern Fishery.[4]

Captain Mark Monro received a letter of marque on 7 July 1803.[2] Captain Mark Monro (or Munro, or Monroe), sailed from England on 20 July 1803, bound for the Isle of Desolation.[5] Bellona engaged in whaling and seal hunting in 1803–1804 and was reported to have been "all well" in February 1804.[6] Bellona returned on 10 July 1804.[5][a]

The Register of Shipping for 1806 showed Bellona's master changing from M.Munro to J.Thompson, her owner from J.Hill to "Captain", and her trade from Southern Fishery to London–Jamaica.[7] Later issues of LR and RS gave the name of her owner as Auldjo.

Loss

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Bellona, Thompson, master, was one of three ships that had left Jamaica on 27 July 1809 in a convoy and that were last heard from on 27 August 1809. When the convoy, under the escort of HMS Favorite, encountered a hurricane, the three ships had separated from the convoy.[8][b]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Of 812 vessels in the British Southern Whale Fishery Database, 385 (42%), made only one voyage. Williams, Smith, master, had discovered the South Shetland Islands in 1819. The British Government published information on the islands in 1821; a rush of sealers to the islands followed.
  2. ^ The other two were Ann, James, master, and Mary, James, master.

Citations

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  1. ^ a b Weatherill (1908), p. 122.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Letter of Marque, p.52 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b c LR (1799), Seq.№B408.
  4. ^ RS (1804), Seq.№B141.
  5. ^ a b British Southern Whale Fishery Database – Voyages: Bellona (Voyage #BV0093.00).
  6. ^ Clayton (2014), p. 71.
  7. ^ RS (1806), Seq.№B142.
  8. ^ Lloyd's List №4399.

References

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  • Clayton, Jane M (2014). Ships employed in the South Sea Whale Fishery from Britain: 1775–1815: An alphabetical list of ships. Berforts Group. ISBN 9781908616524.
  • Weatherill, Richard (1908). The ancient port of Whitby and its shipping. Whitby: Horne and Son.