| History | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Name | Duke of Clarence |
| Namesake | Duke of Clarence |
| Owner |
|
| Builder | Plymouth |
| Launched | 1800 |
| Fate | Foundered June 1805 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 180 [2] (bm) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Complement | 35 [2] |
| Armament | 2 × 6-pounder guns + 12 × 12-pounder carronades [2] |
Duke of Clarence was launched at Plymouth in 1800. She made one voyage as a slave ship. She foundered in 1805 on her first voyage as a whaler.
Although Duke of Clarence was launched at Plymouth in 1800, she first appeared in the Register of Shipping in 1802. At that time, she was based in Liverpool, and preparing to embark on a slave trading voyage.
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1802 | M'Clune | Ingram | Liverpool—Africa |
| 1804 | M'Clune | Ingram | Liverpool—Africa |
In 1803 Captain John M'Clune sailed on a slave-trading voyage. Duke of Clarence left Liverpool on 4 August 1802. She arrived at Trinidad on 12 May 1803 with 191 slaves. She left Trinidad on 30 June, and arrived back at Liverpool on 11 August. She had departed Liverpool with 22 crew members and she suffered three crew deaths on the voyage. [1]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1805 | M'Clune | Ingram | Liverpool—Africa |
| 1806 | Killiner | Humble & Co. | Liverpool—South Seas |
Captain Henry Killiner acquired a letter of marque on 11 January 1805. [2] Lloyd's List reported on 25 January that the privateer Duke of Clarence had gone ashore at Secombe, and was much damaged. [3]
However, in February Killiner sailed Duke of Clarence to engage in whaling on the Brazil Banks. [4]
Duke of Clarence foundered on 5 June 1805 in the River Plate. [5] One of the crew drowned. [6]
Lord Nelson was launched i 1798 at Liverpool and subsequently made five voyages carrying slaves from West Africa to the West Indies in the triangular trade in enslaved people. A French naval squadron captured her off Sierra Leone on her sixth voyage, before she had embarked any slaves.
Elizabeth was launched at Bermuda in 1786 or 1790. She first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1802. She then made four voyages as a slave ship, during the second of which a French privateer captured her. Next, she spent a little over a year as a hired armed tender under contract to the British Royal Navy. She returned to mercantile service trading with Madeira or Africa, until another French privateer captured her in early 1810.
Rosalind was launched in 1789 in Spain and taken in prize in 1799. She made three voyages as a slave ship. A French privateer captured her in 1804 while she was on her fourth slave trading voyages.
Otter was launched at Liverpool in 1797, initially as a West Indiaman. She made seven voyages as a slave ship and was lost in 1807 on her way back to Britain from her seventh slave voyage.
Sarah was launched in Spain in 1791, presumably under another name. The British captured her c.1798. She made five voyages as a Liverpool-based slave ship before a Spanish privateer captured her in 1805. On her fifth voyage Sarah had captured two French slave ships at Loango.
Byam was a snow launched at Oban, or possibly Padstow, in 1800. She made four voyages trading slaves between West Africa and the West Indies before the French captured and burnt her in late 1807 or early 1808 as she was about to deliver slaves on her fifth voyage.
Ceres was launched in France in 1784. The British captured her circa 1800 and sold her as a prize. Once under British ownership she sailed to the Mediterranean, but in 1801 she started sailing in the slave trade. She made four voyages as a slave ship, gathering slaves in West Africa and delivering them to the West Indies. After the abolition of the British slave trade in 1807 she became a West Indiaman, and then an East Indiaman. She was last listed in 1822.
Windsor Castle was launched at Whitby in 1783. Initially she was primarily a West Indiaman. Then from 1797 she made five voyages as a slave ship and foundered off Bermuda in 1803 after having disembarked her slaves.
Horatio was launched in 1800 at Liverpool. She made four voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. During two of these voyages she was captured and recaptured. Shortly before the British slave trade ended she left the slave trade and sailed between Britain and South America and as a West Indiaman. She was wrecked in 1817.
Alexander was launched in France or Spain in 1797, probably under another name, and taken in prize circa 1799, when she was lengthened and raised. She was registered at Liverpool in 1801 and proceeded to make six voyages as a slave ship. She then sailed to Brazil and the West Indies and was last listed in 1809.
Resource was launched at Bermuda in 1792, possibly under another name, and sailed from Liverpool from 1798 on. She made four voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. The French Navy captured her in 1805 at the very beginning of her fifth voyage.
John was launched in France in 1793, almost certainly under another name, and was taken in prize. She started trading as a West Indiaman, but then became a slave ship, making six complete voyages. She was lost in late 1806 on her seventh voyage. The slaves she was carrying were landed safely.
Beaver was launched in 1796 at Liverpool. She made seven complete voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved persons. She was captured and retaken once, in 1804, and captured a second time in 1807, during her eighth voyage.
Active was built in Chester in 1781. Initially, she traded with the Baltic and North America. From 1798 she made four complete voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved persons. A privateer captured her on 1 September 1805 during her fifth slave voyage, after she had embarked her slaves, and took her into the River Plate.
Princess Amelia was launched in 1798 at Liverpool. She made eight complete voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. After the end of British participation in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, she became a merchantman. She was probably the Princess Amelia, from Liverpool, that was lost in 1810.
Orange Grove was probably of Danish origin. She first appeared in British records in 1800. She made one complete voyage as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. The French captured her in 1804 during her second slave trading voyage after she had embarked slaves but before she could land them in the West Indies.
Louisa was launched in France in 1794, probably under another name. She was taken in prize and between 1798 and 1804 she made five complete voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She was lost in 1804 on the coast of Africa on her sixth voyage.
Elizabeth was launched at Lancaster in 1798. She made five complete voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. Spanish privateers captured her in 1805 while she was on her sixth slave voyage after she had embarked slaves.
Nelly was launched at Liverpool in 1798. She initially sailed as a West Indiaman. From 1803 she made two complete voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. Spanish privateers captured her in 1805 while she was on her third slave voyage after she had embarked slaves.
William was launched in Spain in 1788, almost certainly under another name. She was taken in prize in 1797. William sailed as a West Indiaman until 1800 when new owners started to sail her as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She made four complete voyages as a slave ship. Spanish privateers captured her in 1805 on her fifth slave voyage.
