Willerby (1799 ship)

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

History
Great Britain
NameWillerby
NamesakeWillerby
BuilderPerry, Wells & Green, Blackwall
Launched1 July 1799
FateWrecked 1818
General characteristics
Tons burthen400, or 429,[1] or 455, or 457,[2] or 458[3] (bm)
Complement50[3]
Armament
  • 1799:24 × 3&9&12-pounder cannons[3]
  • 1799:24 × 12-pounder carronades[1]
  • 1806:6 × 12-pounder & 2 × 9-pounder guns
  • 1811:2 × 12-pounder & 8 × 9-pounder guns + 8 × 12-pounder carronades

Willerby was launched in 1799 as a West Indiaman. French privateers captured her around early 1802, but then released her. She suffered damage in a gale in 1815, but continued to trade. She sailed to New South Wales and was wrecked in early 1818.

Career

Willerby first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1799.[1]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1799 P.Levett Dale & Co. London–Jamaica LR

Captain Thomas? Stimpson Levild acquired a letter of marque on 7 October 1799.[3]

In February 1802, Lloyd's List reported that two French cruizers had captured Willerby, Lovett, master, in the West Indies as Willerby was on her way to Jamaica from London and Madeira. Her captors took Willerby into Cayenne, but then released her. She subsequently arrived at st Vincent.[4]

Between 1802 and 1806, Willerby left LR, but she continued to appear in the Register of Shipping (RS).

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1805 P.Levett Dale & Co. London–Jamaica RS
1806 Fountain Dale & Co. London–Jamaica RS
1807 Stimpson Dale & Co. London–Jamaica LR; small repairs 1805
1808 Bruce J.Gibson London–Jamaica LR; small repairs 1805
1809 J.Bruce
Russels 		Levett
E&T.Green 		London–Jamaica RS
1810 J.Russell J.Green London–Jamaica LR; small repairs 1805
1811 J.Raffle Green & Co. London–Jamaica RS
1811 Fairburn
T.Muller 		Green & Co. London–Jamaica LR; small repairs 1805
1813 F.Muller J.Green London–Bermuda LR; small repairs 1805

On 10 August 1815 a gale struck the convoy from Jamaica for London. After the gale Willerby, Muller, master, proceeded for Halifax. she had lost her mizzen mast and main top mast. She was also leaky.[5] Willerby had had her ground tier of sugar washed out as she had seven feet of water in her hold before she was pumped out.[6]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1816 F.Muller
R.Crosset 		J.Green Plymouth–West Indies
London–Botany Bay 		LR

Willerby, Crossett, master, arrived in Sydney on 30 September 1816 with a cargo of merchandise. She left on 10 November, bound for Calcutta.[7]

Fate

Willerby, Crosset, master, was carrying a cargo of rice when she was driven ashore and wrecked on Ambon Island, Netherlands East Indies in late February or early March 1818. Her crew were rescued.[8]

Citations

  1. ^ a b c LR (1799), Seq.No.W217.
  2. ^ Hackman (2001), p. 322.
  3. ^ a b c d "Letter of Marque, p.93 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  4. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4232. 23 February 1802. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105233084.
  5. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 5002. 5 September 1815. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735027.
  6. ^ "LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 7". 7 September 1815, Lancaster Gazetter (Lancaster, England) Volume: 15 , Issue: 743.
  7. ^ "Arrival of Vessels at Port Jackson, and their Departure". Australian Town and Country Journal, Saturday 3 January 1891, p.17. 3 January 1891. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  8. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 5322. 9 October 1818. hdl:2027/mdp.39015005778173.

References

  • Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.