Royalist (1794 ship)
Royalist was launched in 1794 at Sunderland. She was a general trader until 1812 when she became a Northern Whale Fishery whaler. She was lost in 1814 while whaling at Greenland.
History | |
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Name: | Royalist |
Launched: | 1794 |
Fate: | Lost 1814 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen: | 424, or 426 (bm) |
Armament: |
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Career
Royalist first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1795 with Robert Finley, master, H.Rudd, owner, and trade London–Hamburg.[1]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
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1800 | J.Wray | Schoffield | Hull–Petersburg | LR |
1805 | F.Walton | Schoffield | Cork | LR |
1810 | Walton | Schofield | Hull–Baltic | Register of Shipping; damages repaired 1801 |
1812 | J.Atkin Edmonds |
Heseltine | Hull–Quebec | LR; rebuilt 1810 |
1813 | A.Edmonds | Gibson & Co. | Hull–Davis Strait | LR; rebuilt 1810 & damages repaired 1812 |
In 1812 Royalist became a Northern Whale Fishery whaler. The following data is from Coltish:[2]
Year | Master | Where | Whales | Tuns whale oil |
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1812 | Edmonds | 6 | 93 | |
1813 | Edmonds | Davis Strait | 0 | 0 |
1814 | Edmonds | Greenland | 0 | 0 |
Fate
Lloyd's List (LL) reported in August 1814 that Royalist had foundered in the Davis Strait with the loss of all hands.[3]
Citations and references
Citations
References
- Coltish, William (c. 1842). An account of the success of the ships at the Greenland and Davis Straits fisheries 1772-1842 inclusive.
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