Holderness (1789 ship)

History
Great Britain
Name	Holderness
Namesake	Holderness
Owner	1789: Green & Co. 1796-7:Various 1798:Bruce & Co. 1802:Dobkin & Co.
Builder	Selby, Yorkshire[1]
Launched	18 April 1789[1]
Fate	Captured and burnt 2 August 1806
General characteristics
Tons burthen	353,[2] or 35373⁄94,[1] or 361[3] (bm)
Length	105 ft 5 in (32.1 m) (overall); 84 ft 4 in (25.7 m) (keel)[2]
Beam	28 ft 1 in (8.6 m)[2]
Depth of hold	13 ft 8 in (4.2 m)[2]
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	30[3]
Armament	8 × 12&4-pounder guns[3]

Holderness was launched in 1789 at Selby, Yorkshire. She made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC) in 1794–95. She then became a West Indiaman until 1801 when a new owner used her as a Greenland whaler. In 1806 two French warships captured and burnt her.

Career

Lloyd's Register for 1790 lists Holderness with W. Wray, master, P. Green, owner, and trade Hull—St Petersburg.^[4]

On 14 September 1792 Lloyd's List reported that Holderness, Wray, master, had run onshore on the Holm Sand while sailing from New York to Hull. She was gotten off with little damage.^[5]

EIC voyage (1794-1795): The EIC had Hill repair and measure Holderness prior to chartering her for one voyage to India. Captain George Wright acquired a letter of marque on 14 May 1794. He then sailed from the Downs on 11 June, bound for Bengal. Holderness arrived at Calcutta on 23 November. She left Bengal on 18 February 1795, was at Madras on 3 March, and reached Saint Helena on 24 May. She reached Shannon and arrived at the Downs on 15 October.^[2]

Greenland whaler

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Tuns whale oil[6]
1797	G.Wright G.Brown	Green & Co. W.Hellen	London–Bengal London–Grenada
1798	Brown J. Cummings	Lushington Bruce & Co.	London–Grenada
1801	A.Dixon	Bruce & Co.	London–Grenada
1802	A.Dixon J.Page	Bruce & Co. Dobkin & Co.	London–Grenada Hull–Greenland	135
1803	J.Page	Dobkin & Co.	Hull–Greenland	35

On 4 March 1803 Lloyd's List (LL) reported that Holderness and Gardiner and Joseph had been on their way to Davis Strait when they had had to put back to Hull having lost anchors and cables, and having sustained other damage.^[7]

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Tuns whale oil[6]
1804	J.Page	Dobkin & Co.	Hull–Davis Strait	140
1805	J.Page	Dobkin & Co.	Hull–Davis Strait	182
1806	J.Page W. Swan	Dobkin & Co.	Hull–Davis Strait	0

Fate

On 2 August 1806 the French Navy frigates Sirène, Capitaine de frégate Le Duc, and Revanche, Capitaine de frégate Lambert, captured Holderness, Swan, master, and Blenheim, Welburn, master, both of and for Hull, off Greenland.^[8] The French burnt their captures.^[9]

Citations

1. Hackman (2001), pp. 128–9.
2. British Library: Holderness.
3. "Letter of Marque, p.68 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
4. Lloyd's List (1790), Seq. №H249.
5. Lloyd's List №2436.
6. Coltish (1842).
7. LL №4330.
8. "Lloyd's Marine List – Oct. 24". Caledonian Mercury. No. 13232. 27 October 1806.
9. Lloyd's List №4093.

References

• Coltish, William (1842). An account of the success of the ships at the Greenland and Davis Straits fisheries 1772-1842 inclusive.
• Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.