Ariadne (1794 ship)

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

History
Great Britain
Name	Ariadne
Namesake	Ariadne
Owner	1794:Lacy Lotherington [1] 1796:J. Reeve [2]
Builder	G. and N. Langborne, Whitby
Launched	6 October 1794
Fate	Last listed 1811
General characteristics
Tons burthen	401, [2] or 418, [1] (bm)
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	30 [3]
Armament	1797:14 × 6-pounder guns [3] 1798:6 × 6-pounder + 4 × 4-pounder guns

Ariadne was launched in 1794 at Whitby. Two years later a new owner shifted her registry to London. She then made one voyage for the British East India Company. On her return she sailed on between England and the West Indies. She is last listed in 1811.

Career

After her change of ownership and registration in 1796, Ariadne appears in Lloyd's Register for 1796 with G. Faith, master, J. Reeves, owner, and trade London—Jamaica. ^[4] The next year her master changed to J. Walker, and her trade to London—East India.

Captain John Walker acquired a letter of marque on 4 January 1797. ^{[3] [a]} He sailed on 16 February from Falmouth, bound for Madras and Bengal. Ariadne reached Calcutta on 29 June. Homeward bound, she was at Culpee on 16 October and reached the Cape on 4 January 1799. She reached St Helena on 23 January, and left on 1 May, arriving at Cork on 24 June and Deptford on 15 July. ^[6]

On her return, Ariadne resumed her trade with the West Indies.

Year	Master	Owner	Trade
1798	J.Walker Dixon	J. Reeve	London—India London—Antigua
1799	Dixon Langley	J. Reeve	London—Antigua London transport
1800	Langley A. Sterling	J. Reeve	London transport London—Jamaica
1801	A. Sterling	J. Reeve	London—Jamaica
1802	A. Sterling	J. Reeve	London—Jamaica
1803	J.Sterling J. Sunley	J. Reeve	London—Jamaica
1804	J. Sunley	J. Reeve	London—Jamaica

The 1804 information continues unchanged in Lloyd's Register to 1809, and in the Register of Shipping to 1811. Ariadne is absent from the subsequent registers.

Notes

1. Hackman, following Hardy, reports that Captain Alexander Sterling was Ariadne's master for her voyage for the EIC. ^{[2] [5]} However, he was her master from 1800 to 1803.

Citations

1. Weatherill (1908), p. 96.
2. Hackman (2001), p. 222.
3. "Letter of Marque, p.50 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
4. Lloyd's Register (1796), Seq.№A563.
5. Hardy (1811), p. 223.
6. British Library: Ariadne.

References

• Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN   0-905617-96-7.
• Hardy, Horatio Charles (1811). A register of ships, employed in the service of the Honorable the United East India Company, from the year 1760 to 1810: with an appendix, containing a variety of particulars, and useful information interesting to those concerned with East India commerce. Black, Parry, and Kingsbury.
• Weatherill, Richard (1908). The ancient port of Whitby and its shipping. Whitby: Horne and Son.