Active (1801 whaler) explained
Active was a French ship that came into British hands in 1800 as a prize. William Bennet purchased her and named her
Active. He employed her as a
whaler and she was lost in January 1803 at the start of her second whaling voyage.
Career
Active was first listed in Lloyd's Register in 1801,[1] and in the Register of Shipping for 1802.[2] Both show her master as Jn. Dunn, her owner as Bennett, and her trade as London to the South Seas Fishery.
Captain John Dunn acquired a letter of marque on 16 May 1801.[3] On 22 May Captain John A. Dunn sailed from England on a whaling voyage. He returned on 7 September 1802,[4] having sailed from Saint Helena on 11 July, bound for England.[5] She was valued at £9,000 in 1802.
Captain Lewis (or Louis) Blair sailed Active from England on 27 October 1802.[4]
Fate
Active, Blair, master, was lost in January 1803 at the Island of Desolation.[6] The Register of Shipping for 1804 still carried her with Blair as master.[7]
In April 1804 Captain Blair acquired a letter of marque for the 1804 Active.
References
Notes and References
- https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044105233670?urlappend=%3Bseq=51 Lloyd's Register (1801), Supple. Seq. №AA3.
- https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015021233575?urlappend=%3Bseq=22 Register of Shipping (1802), Seq. №A50.
- Web site: Letter of Marque, p.47 - accessed 25 July 2017. . 21 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161020052005/http://www.1812privateers.org/Great%20Britain/marque1793-1815.pdf . 20 October 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
- https://whalinghistory.org/bv/voyages/ British Southern Whale Fishery Database – voyages: Active.
- Naval chronicle, Vol. 8, p.254.
- News: The Marine List . Lloyd's List . 4434 . 9 March 1804 . 2027/mdp.39015005721504?urlappend=%3Bseq=249.
- https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015021233567?urlappend=%3Bseq=25 Register of Shipping (1804), Seq.№52.
