Dover (1807 ship)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Dover
Namesake	Dover
Launched	1807, France [1]
Acquired	1807 by purchase of a prize
Captured	24 June 1814 and burnt
General characteristics
Tons burthen	189 [1] (bm)

Dover was a French vessel launched in 1807 under another name and taken in prize that year. She sailed between Britain and North America until 1814 when a United States privateer captured and burnt her.

Career

Dover first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1807. ^[1]

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source
1807	Bloomfield	Keaton & Co.	Portsmouth–Liverpool	LR
1810	Blomfield J.Tullock	Keaton & Co.	Liverpool–Newfoundland	LR
1812	J.Tullock J.Ady	Captain & Co.	Liverpool–Newfoundland Portsmouth–New Brunswick	LR

On 15 October 1812 Dover, Adey, master, had to put back into Liverpool leaky. She had been sailing from Liverpool to Newfoundland when she was driven onshore on the coast of Ireland. She had had to throw part of her cargo overboard. ^[2]

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source
1814	J.Adey (or Ady)	Laats & Co.	Portsmouth–Newfoundland London–Lisbon	LR

Fate

On 24 June 1814 the U.S. privateer Rattlesnake captured "the Wasp, Dorey, of Guernsey; and the Dover, of London, laden with Grain, bound to Lisbon". ^[3] Rattlesnake burnt both vessels. ^[4]

HMS Hyperion captured Rattlesnake two days later. ^[3]

Citations

1. LR (1807), Supple. pages "D", Seq.No.D69.
2. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4712. 20 October 1812. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735025.
3. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4882. 12 July 1814. hdl:2027/mdp.39015005785830.
4. Good (2012), p. 78.

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   978-0-786-46695-5.