Clarendon (1807 ship)

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

History
United Kingdom
Name	Clarendon
Launched	1807, Whitehaven
Captured	January 1815
General characteristics
Tons burthen	485, [1] or 507 [2] (bm)
Complement	37 [1]
Armament	1814:2 × 24-pounder + 16 × 9-pounder carronades 1814:2 × 9-pounder guns + 12 × 24&9-pounder carronades [1]

Clarendon was built in 1807 at Whitehaven. Between 1808 or so and 1813 she sailed as a West Indiaman between London and Jamaica. In 1814 she sailed for Batavia under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). The privateer Young Wasp captured Clarendon off the Cape of Good Hope (the Cape), on 6 January 1815, and she arrived at Baltimore on 15 April.

Career

Clarendon first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in the volume for 1808. ^[3]

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source
1808	J.Hudgen	Still & Co.	Whitehaven–Cork	LR
1810	J.Hodgen J.Scott	Still & Co.	London–Jamaica	LR

15 February 1813 Clarendon, Scott, master, was at Deal, preparing to sail for Jamaica. A gale came up that cost her her anchors. Other vessels at Deal were blown out to sea. ^[4]

In 1813 the EIC lost its monopoly on the trade between India and Britain. British ships were then free to sail to India or the Indian Ocean under a license from the EIC. ^[5]

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source
1814	J.Scott	Still & Co.	Liverpool–Jamaica London–India	LR
1815	J.Scott	Mestaers	London–India	LR

On 1 March 1814 Captain Thomas Lynn acquired a letter of marque ^[1] On 25 February Clarendon sailed for Batavia. ^[6]

Fate

On 8 January 1815 the United States privateer Young Wasp captured Clarendon of the Cape as Clarendon was returning to London from Batavia. Clarendon arrived at Baltimore on 15 April. ^[7] There she was condemned in prize. She had on board 1,150,000 pounds of coffee, a quantity of "elephants teeth", "Japan wood", etc. ^{[8] [9]}

Young Wasp had a burthen of 418 tons, was armed with 20 guns, and had a crew of 150 men. American records describe Clarendon as carrying 24 guns and having a crew of 50 men, ^[10] and being captured off the Cape of Good Hope. ^[11]

Citations

1. "Letter of Marque, p.56 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
2. Hackman (2001), p. 262.
3. LR (1808), Supple. pages "C", Seq.№C18.
4. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4748. 19 February 1813. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735026.
5. Hackman (2001), p. 247.
6. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4849, Ship arrival and departure (SAD) data. 1 March 1814. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735026.
7. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4972. 19 May 1815. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735027.
8. Niles' Weekly Register, Vol 8, p.407.
9. "Ship News". Providence Patriot, Columbian Phenix (Providence, Rhode Island), 22 April 1815; Issue 15.
10. Emmons (1853), p. 200.
11. Good (2012), p. 108.

References

• Good, Timothy S., ed. (2012). American privateers in the war of 1812: the vessels and their prizes as recorded in Niles' weekly register. McFarland. ISBN   978-0786466955.
• Emmons, George Foster (1853). The navy of the United States, from the commencement, 1775 to 1853; with a brief history of each vessel's service and fate ... Comp. by Lieut. George F. Emmons ... under the authority of the Navy Dept. To which is added a list of private armed vessels, fitted out under the American flag ... also a list of the revenue and coast survey vessels, and principal ocean steamers, belonging to citizens of the United States in 1850. Washington: Gideon & Co.
• Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN   0-905617-96-7.