Bellona (1796 ship)
Bellona was a three-decker merchantman launched at Calcutta in 1796. In 1799 she sailed to Great Britain and was admitted to the Registry of Great Britain in 1800. A French frigate captured her in 1801.
History | |
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Name: | Bellona |
Namesake: | Bellona (goddess) |
Builder: | David Glass & John Wood, Calcutta[1] |
Launched: | 22 June 1796[1] |
Captured: | 1801 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen: | 550,[2] or 577, or 57752⁄94[1] (bm) |
Notes: | Teak-built |
Career
Bellona initially traded locally in Indian waters.[1] She then sailed for Britain in 1789.
Bellona entered Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1800 with [George] Bowen, master, Lennox, owner, and trade London–India.[2] She was admitted to the Registry of Great Britain on 10 January 1800.[3] She then underwent fitting for the return voyage to India at a cost of £2736 8s 6d.[4] Captain James Dunn sailed for Bengal on 4 December 1800.
Fate
The French frigate Chiffone captured Bellona on 16 June 1801 off the Cape of Good Hope. Bellona, Bowen, master was on her way from Calcutta to London.[5] A prize crew under Ensign Jean-Michel Mahé took Bellona to Mauritius.[6][7] Bellona arrived at Mauritius on 15 July.[8]
Citations and references
Citations
- Hackman (2001), p. 234.
- LR 1800, Seq.№B550.
- Select committee... (1814), p. 627.
- Select committee... (1814), p. 613.
- Lloyd's List №4200.
- "No. 15454". The London Gazette. 16 February 1802. pp. 165–166.
- Quintin & Quintin (2003), p. 254.
- LL №4210.
References
- Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Quintin, Danielle et Bernard (2003). Dictionnaire des capitaines de Vaisseau de Napoléon. S.P.M. ISBN 2-901952-42-9.
- Select Committee on Petitions Relating to East-India-Built Shipping, House of Commons, Parliament of Great Britain (1814) Minutes of the Evidence Taken Before the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Petitions Relating to East-India-built Shipping. (His Majesty's Stationery Office).