Lancaster (1803 ship)

History
France
Launched1787
FateBritish ownership 1803
United Kingdom
NameLancaster
Acquired1803
FateLast listed 1825
General characteristics
Tons burthen270,[1] or 273[2] (bm)
Complement30,[1] or 54[3]
Armament
  • 1805:18 × 9-pounder guns & 18-pounder carronades[1]
  • 1806:6 × 9-pounder guns + 13 × 18-pounder carronades
  • 1810:4 × 9-pounder guns

Lancaster was built in France in 1787. She entered British ownership c.1803. In 1805 she made one voyage as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people during which a French privateer captured her in a single-ship action, but the Royal Navy recaptured her, enabling her to complete her voyage. She also recaptured a British ship. Thereafter she traded widely until she was last listed in 1825.

Career

Lancaster entered Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1804 with Stephens, master, James & Co., owner, and trade Liverpool–Barbados.[2]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1805 W. Stephens
J.Robinson 		James & Co.
Johnson & Co. 		Liverpool–Barbados LR; large repair 1802

Captain John Robinson acquired a letter of marque on 21 January 1805 for Lancaster.[1] He sailed from Liverpool on 17 February 1805, bound for West Africa to acquire captives.[3] Lancaster, Robinson, master, was sailing from Africa to the West Indies when on 30 November 1805 a French privateer captured her. HMS Wasp recaptured Lancaster and sent her into Barbados. Lancaster had had four men killed and nine wounded when she was captured.[4]

Lancaster arrived at Barbados on 7 December. There she landed 285 captives.[3]

Lancaster sailed from Barbados on 22 January 1806, in company with Atalanta. The two vessels separated on 5 February in a gale[5]

Lancaster arrived at Waterford on 4 April 1806. On her way to Liverpool she struck a submerged rock off the Saltee Islands. She had taken on 6 feet (1.8 m) of water in her hold and had to unload before she could proceed.[6] She had left Liverpool with 54 crew members and had suffered 10 crew deaths on her voyage.[3]

Before she struck the rock, Lancaster recaptured Recovery, Wylie, master. Recovery had been sailing from Greenock to Cork and St Vincent when a French privateer had captured her off the Saltees. After her recapture, Recovery went into Cork.[7][a]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1806 J.Robinson
J. Griffin 		Johnson & Co. Liverpool–Africa
Liverpool–Buenos Aires 		LR; large repair 1802
1810 Turnbull Johnson & Co. Liverpool–Buenos Aires Register of Shipping (RS); large repair 1802 and good repair 1808
1812 Turnbull
T.Voyce 		Johnson & Co. Liverpool–Buenos Aires LR
1814 T.Voyce
M.Mason 		Child & Co. Liverpool–Cape Breton Island LR
1815 W. Mason Child & Co. Leith–Rotterdam
London–Bermuda 		LR
1820 M'Dunet Robertson Liverpool–Africa LR; damages repaired 1816
1825 M'Danot Robertson Liverpool–Africa RS; damages repaired 1816

Fate

Lancaster was last listed in Lloyd's Register in 1823 and in the Register of Shipping in 1825.

Notes

  1. ^ Recovery, of 169 tons (bm), had been launched at Irvine, North Ayrshire, in 1797.[8]

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d "Letter of Marque, p.72 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b LR (1804), Supple. pages, "L", seq. №L5.
  3. ^ a b c d Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Lancaster voyage #82228.
  4. ^ Lloyd's List №4296.
  5. ^ Lloyd's List №4039.
  6. ^ Lloyd's List №4044.
  7. ^ Lloyd's List №4043.
  8. ^ LR (1805), Seq.№101.

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