Dry Harbour (1812 ship)

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Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France
Launched1804 [1]
Captured1812
Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameDry Harbour
Namesake Dry Harbour
Acquired1812 by purchase of a prize
FateCondemned c. December 1814
General characteristics
Tons burthen247, [1] or 248 [2] (bm)
Armament
  • 1813: 12 × 6-pounder guns (of the New Construction") [2]
  • 1815:2 × 6-pounder carronades [1]

Dry Harbour was launched in 1804 in France under another name. She was apparently captured in 1812 and became a British merchantman. American privateers captured her in 1814 but she was recaptured shortly thereafter. She was condemned at Antigua circa December 1814.

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Career

Dry Harbour first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1812 with T.Close, master, Gibson, owner, and trade London–Lisbon. She had undergone a rebuild in 1812. [2]

On 19 December 1812 Dry Harbour, Winter, master, was in the Tagus when a gale struck. She was one of the many vessels that sustained damage. [3]

On 8 September 1813 the American privateers Patapsco and Grampus captured Dry Harbour, Hayes, master, and Eliza, Young, master, off Lanzarote. The privateers sent their prizes to America. [4] [lower-alpha 1] (An earlier issue of Lloyd's List (LL) had reported that Dry Harbour had been destroyed.)

In December 1814 LL reported that Dry Harbour, Hayes, master, was one of three vessels that had been recaptured and sent into Bermuda. Dry Harbour had been on a voyage from Teneriffe to London. [6]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1813T.Close
J.Hay
GibsonLondon–LisbonLR
1814J.HayGibsonLondon–"Pnsac"LR
1815J.HayGibsonLondon–TeneriffeRegister of Shipping

Fate

Dry Harbour. Kewley, master, put into Antigua on 20 December 1814 in distress. She had been on a voyage from Teneriffe and Betanila to London. [7] There she was surveyed and declared irreparable in the West Indies. [8]

Notes

  1. Patapsco, of 259 tons (bm), was armed with 6–10 guns. Grampus, 284 tons (bm), was armed with 10 guns. [5]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Register of Shipping (1815), Seq.No.461.
  2. 1 2 3 LR (1812), Supple. pages "D", Seq.No.D24.
  3. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4735. 8 January 1813. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735026.
  4. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4925. 22 November 1814. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735026.
  5. Kert (2015), App.2.
  6. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4939. 13 December 1814. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735026.
  7. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4946. 10 February 1815. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735027.
  8. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4951. 31 March 1815. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735027.

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