Duke of Clarence (1800 ship)

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NameDuke of Clarence
Namesake Duke of Clarence
Owner
  • 1802:Ingram [a]
  • 1805:Humble & Co.
BuilderPlymouth
Launched1800
FateFoundered June 1805
General characteristics
Tons burthen180 [2] (bm)
PropulsionSail
Complement35 [2]
Armament2 × 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.

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Career

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.

YearMasterOwnerTrade
1802M'CluneIngramLiverpool—Africa
1804M'CluneIngramLiverpool—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]

YearMasterOwnerTrade
1805M'CluneIngramLiverpool—Africa
1806KillinerHumble & 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]

Fate

Duke of Clarence foundered on 5 June 1805 in the River Plate. [5] One of the crew drowned. [6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Richard Butler, Francis Ingram, William Ingram, and James Rigby. [1]

Citations

  1. 1 2 Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Duke of Clarence voyage #81085.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Letter of Marque, p.59 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  3. ↑ Lloyd's List №4186.
  4. ↑ British Southern Whale Fishery Database – voyages: Duke of Clarence (Liverpool), voyage = BV05257.
  5. ↑ Lloyd's List №4174.
  6. ↑ Lloyd's List №4280.
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