Betsey (1800 ship)

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British-Red-Ensign-1707.svgGreat Britain
NameBetsey
Owner
  • 1800: Hugh Duncan Baillie, James Evan Baillie, Robert Bush, William Elton, John Elton and James Elton, merchants, Bristol [1]
  • 1818: William Scott, merchant, and William Lund, mariner, Bristol [1]
Launched1800, Bristol
Captured
  • 11 August 1813
  • October 1813
FateLast listed 1825
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen266, [2] or 2666094 (bm)
Length94 ft 3 in (28.7 m)
Beam26 ft 3 in (8.0 m)
Armament2 × 4-pounder guns (1815)
NotesTwo decks and three masts

Betsey was launched at Bristol in 1800, and sailed as a West Indiaman. American vessels captured her twice in 1813 but each time she was recaptured. After the war she continued to sail as a West Indiaman. She was last listed in 1825.

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Career

Betsey first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR), in the volume for 1800. [2]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1800T.J.DeakeR.BaillieBristol–GrenadaLR
1801T.J.Deake
J.Bailly
R.BaillyBristol–GrenadaLR
1807J.Bailey
Scriffin
E.BaileyCork–GrenadaLR
1813W.Scriffin
Merryweather
E.BailieBristol–St VincentLR; repairs 1810

Betsey's first captor, on 11 August 1813, was USS Argus. Argus captured Betsey, Merryweather, master, was on her way back from St Vincents to Bristol when Argus captured Betsey some nine leagues west of Scilly. Argus sent Betsey to France, but she was retaken and came into Plymouth. [3] [4] [lower-alpha 1]

Betsey's second captor, in October 1813, was the privateer True Blooded Yankee. HMS Whiting, Eurotas, and Helicon recaptured Betsey, Merryweather, master, on 30 October, as well as several other prizes to True Blooded Yankee, and sent her into Plymouth. Betsey had been on her way from Bristol to Grenada when she had been captured some 100 miles from Lundy Island. [5]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1815Merryweather
W.Lund
E.BailieBristol–GrenadaLR; repairs 1810
1818W.Coffin
W.Lund
W.ScottCork
Bristol–Demerara
LR; repairs 1810
1819E.Simpson
D.Cameron
CampbellGreenock–DemeraraLR; repairs 1810
1825D.CammeronCampbellGreenockLR; repairs 1810

Fate

Betsey was last listed in 1825.

Notes

  1. It is not clear who the re-captor was. It was not HMS Leonidas. [1] The Betsey that Leonidas reaptured was a different Betsey, and the recapture took place in April.

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 Farr (1950), p. 34.
  2. 1 2 LR (1800), "B" supple. pages.
  3. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4790. 17 August 1813. hdl:2027/mdp.39015005785830.
  4. Good (2012), p. 113.
  5. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4818. 2 November 1813. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735026.

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