Golden Grove (1786 ship)

Golden Grove was launched at Teighmouth in 1786 as a West Indiaman, and apparently immediately sailed to the West Indies. She first entered Lloyd's Registry in 1793 with Tobagonian ownership. She then became a London-based West Indiaman. A Spanish privateer captured her in 1805, but the British Royal Navy recaptured her within months. She then returned to the West Indian trade. After 1810 she apparently started sailing between London and Dublin. In 1817 she grounded but was gotten off. She apparently was lost c.1821.

For other ships with the same name, see Golden Grove (ship).

History
Great Britain
Name:	Golden Grove
Owner:	Various
Builder:	Teignmouth[1]
Launched:	1786[1]
Fate:	Lost c.1821
General characteristics
Tons burthen:	204, or 240[1] (bm)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Armament:	1804:2 × 6-pounder + 2 × 4-pounder guns 1806:6 × 18-pounder carronades

Career

Although Golden Grove was launched in 1786, she does not appear in Lloyd's Register until 1793. At that time her master is M'Leod, her owner is in Tobago, and her trade is Tobago—London.[1]

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source
1794	J. M'Leod	Tobago J. Ruddock	London—Tobago	Lloyd's Register
1795	M'Leod	Ruddock	London—Tobago	Lloyd's Register
1800	W. Butler	Oldham & Co.	London—Jamaica	Lloyd's Register
1804	C. Groves	Mills	London—Jamaica	Lloyd's Register
1805	Groves	Mills	London—Jamaica	Lloyd's Register

Capture and recapture

Around May 1805, a Spanish privateer schooner captured Golden Grove, Blair, master, as she was sailing from Virginia to Liverpool.[Note 1] The privateer also captured the brig Ceres, Meffervey, master, which had been sailing from Virginia to Guernsey. The Spaniards took both into Florida where they were condemned as prizes.[2]

On 7 July the boats of HMS Cambrian ascended the St Mary’s River. There they recaptured Golden Grove and the British brig Ceres, and captured the Spanish privateer schooner that had captured the two British vessels. A British sailor and marine were killed, and 14 were wounded. The Spaniards suffered 25 men killed (including five Americans), and 22 wounded. Most of the casualties occurred on Golden Grove, on which the Spaniards had put 50 men, and armed with eight 6-pounder guns and six swivel guns.[3][4]

On 18 August, the Jamaica Fleet, 109 vessels under the escort of four British vessels, left Jamaica for England, Golden Grove among them. They cleared the Gulf, but then between 21 and 23 August encountered a severe gale. Nine vessels foundered, but Golden Grove was among those "well" on the 25th.[5]

Later career

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source
1806	G. Place	Gardner	London transport	Register of Shipping (RS)
1809	G. Place	Gardner	London—St Vincent	RS
1809	G. Pearce	Gardner	London—San Domingo	LR
1810	G. Place W. Scott	Gardner	London—Demerara London—Lisbon	RS
1815	R.Condon	Gardner	Cork	LR
1820	Taylor	Gardner	London–Dublin	RS

On 21 January 1817 Golden Grove, Taylor, master, ran aground on the Sow and Pigs Sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[6]

Fate

LR for 1821 carried the annotation "Lost" by her name.[7]

Notes and citations

Notes

1. Although Lloyd's List gives the name of Golden Grove's master as Blair, this appears to be a mistake. F. Blair was master of a different Golden Grove that at the time was sailing between London and Pernau.

Citations

1. Lloyd's Register (1793), Seq.№257.
2. Lloyd's List №4237.
3. "No. 15844". The London Gazette. 17 September 1805. p. 1182.
4. Lloyd's List №4256.
5. Lloyd's List №4088.
6. Lloyd's List №5147.
7. LR (1821), Seq.№G253.