Nathaniel Atcheson

Nathaniel Atcheson (1772-1825) was an English ship-owner who was appointed secretary to a Committee of London shipowners and the Society of Ship-Owners of Great Britain with whom the London Committee was associated.[1]

Atcheson formed the London Pitt Club in 1793 with a view to counteract the radical ideas of the French Revolution.[2]

Ship building research

In 1806 he started conducted research on ship-builders in London with the help of Charles Jenkinson.[3] He wrote to a number of ship builders to enquire how many ships they had built since December 1802.

Ship builder Location
John Perry, Wells and co. Blackwall
Samuel and Daniel Brent Rotherhithe
Thomas Pitcher Northfleet
Peter Mestear Rotherhithe
John Dudman Deptford
William and Edward George Barnard Deptford
Woolcombe Rotherhithe
Curling Limehouse
Almon Hill Limehouse
John Ayles Wapping
Tibbits, Hitchcock and co. Limehouse
Joshua Young Rotherhithe
Fletcher Shadwell
E. Thompson Rotherhithe

Writing

In 1803, he authored the Report of the Case Fisher against Ward respecting the Russian Embargo on British Ships.[4] The blockade was initiated by Paul I of Russia and Fisher was a crew member of the Fishburn.

References

  1. ^ Clarke, James Stanier; McArthur, John (2010). The Naval Chronicle: Volume 8, July-December 1802: Containing a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom with a Variety of Original Papers on Nautical Subjects. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-01847-0.
  2. ^ Garnett, S. Alan (1927). "Pitt Clubs and their badges" (PDF). British Numismatic Journal. 19 (Second Series, IX): 213–218.
  3. ^ Jenkinson, Charles; Atcheson, Nathaniel (1807). Collection of interesting and important reports and papers on the navigation and trade of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British colonies in the West Indies and America...Printed by order of The Society of Ship-Owners of Great Britain. London: J. Stockdale [etc].
  4. ^ The Gentleman's magazine, Volume 96, Part 1; Volume 139