Coverdale (1795 ship)

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British-Red-Ensign-1707.svgGreat Britain
NameCoverdale
Owner
  • 1795:Norrison Coverdale, London
  • 1806: Lynie
BuilderFishburn and Brodrick, Whitby
Launched29 October 1795 [1]
FateDismasted, abandoned at sea, and burned 24 August 1806
General characteristics
Tons burthen561, [2] or 579, [3] or 5793494, [1] or 612 [4] (bm)
Length
  • Overall: 120 ft 10+12 in (36.8 m) [2]
  • Keel: 96 ft 3 in (29.3 m) [2]
Beam33 ft 1+12 in (10.1 m) [2]
Complement50 [4]
Armament12 × 6-pounder guns
NotesThree decks

Coverdale was launched at Whitby in 1795. She made two voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). She then became a West Indiaman. She foundered in 1806 on her way back to England from Jamaica.

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Career

EIC voyage #1 (1796–1798): Captain Benjamin Gowland sailed from London on 26 April 1796 and from Portsmouth on 25 May, bound for Bengal. Coverdale was at Gibraltar on 15 June, Tenerife on 8 July, and the Cape of Good Hope on 9 September. She arrived at Calcutta on 11 February 1797. Homeward bound, she was at the Cape on 14 September, reached St Helena on 21 October, and arrived at Long Reach on 4 February 1798. [2]

EIC voyage #2 (1798–1800): Captain Gowland acquired a Letter of marque on 1 August 1798. [4] The EIC also had Cloverdale measured and inspected. [2] He sailed from London on 30 July and from Portsmouth on 27 September, bound for Madras and Bengal. Coverdale reached the Cape on 14 January 1799 and arrived at Madras on 9 May. She then arrived at Calcutta on 25 July. Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 23 October, reached St Helena on 26 January 1800, and arrived at Long Reach on 9 June. [2]

The Register of Shipping for 1801 showed Coverdale's master as Faulkner and her trade as "London transport". [5]

Coverdale, "M Master", arrived at Jamaica on 25 April 1804. She had parted from the fleet from Portsmouth and its escort, HMS Uranie, on 25 March in a gale. [6]

On 19 November 1805, the Executors of Norrison Coverdale sold Coverdale. [1]

The Register of Shipping for 1806 showed her master as W. Bradley, her owner as Lynie, and her trade as London–Jamaica. [7]

Fate

Coverdale was dismasted in the Atlantic Ocean on 24 August during the 1806 Great Coastal hurricane as she was sailing from Jamaica to London. [8] Her crew abandoned her and set her on fire. Union, Bruce, master, rescued nine crew members and brought them to Virginia. [9] Larkins may have saved the rest of the crew. [8]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Hackman (2001), p. 229.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 British Library: Coverdale.
  3. Weatherill (1908), p. 97.
  4. 1 2 3 "Letter of Marque, p.97 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  5. Register of Shipping (1801), Seq.№C540.
  6. Lloyd's List №4464.
  7. Register of Shipping (1806) Seq.№C727.
  8. 1 2 Lloyd's List №4093.
  9. Lloyd's List №4092.

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