| History | |
|---|---|
 Great Britain | |
| Name | Harriet |
| Builder | Captain Lowden, Pictou shipyard, Nova Scotia |
| Launched | 25 October 1798 |
| Fate | Foundered 3 November 1818 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 600, or 422, or 440, [1] or 452 [2] (bm) |
| Complement | 25 [2] |
| Armament | |
Harriet was launched at Pictou, Nova Scotia, in 1798. She was the first large ship built in Nova Scotia and was sold in London. [3] She traded widely from London, primarily to North America. She foundered on 3 November 1818.
Harriet first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) and as Harriot in the Register of Shipping (RS), both in 1800. The entry in LR gave her origin as New Brunswick (corrected in later volumes to Nova Scotia); [4] RS gave her origin as Nova Scotia. [5] Harriot, Hurry, master, arrived at Liverpool from Pictou in September 1800.
Captain Francis J. Hurry acquired a letter of marque on 10 October 1800. [2]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800 | F.Hurry (LR) Hurry (RS) | S.Holland (LR) Humble (RS) | Liverpool–Newfoundland | LR & RS |
| 1802 | F.J.Hurry | Hurry & Co. | London–Honduras | LR |
When Hurry and Harriott arrived at Torbay Hurry reported that he had seen three vessels in various states of distress as he left Honduras. [6]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1805 | F.J.Hurry W.Parr | Hurry & Co. | London–Honduras | LR |
| 1809 | W.Parr | Hurry & Co. | Cowes transport | LR; damage repaired 1804 |
On 8 November 1808 the transport Harriet, Parr, master, sailed from Quebec. However, she had to put back leaky, and dad lost her anchor and cables. She was to winter over at Quebec. [7]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810 | W.Parr J.Fox | Hurry M'Dowall | Cowes transport | LR; damage repaired 1804 |
| 1811 | J.Fox | M'Dowall | Liverpool–Amelia Island | LR; damage repaired 1804 |
| 1812 | J.Fox | Haywood | Liverpool–Newfoundland | LR; damage repaired 1804 |
| 1814 | J.Fox A.Miller | Haywod Hurry & Co. | Liverpool–Newfoundland | LR |
| 1815 | A.Miller | Hurry & Co. | Liverpool–Riga | LR |
On 22 May 1815 Harriet, Miller, master, ran onshore near the Black Rock while sailing from Liverpool to Newfoundland. She was gotten off and brought into dock, having sustained damages. [8]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1816 | A.Miller | Duncan & Co. | Liverpool–Brunswick | LR; damages repaired 1815 |
| 1818 | W.Bragg Graham | Duncan & Co. | Liverpool–Nova Scotia | LR; damages repaired 1815 |
Captain Graham and his crew abandoned Harriet on 3 November 1818 at 45°N47°W / 45°N 47°W as she was sailing from Liverpool to Saint John, New Brunswick. She had lost her masts and had 5 feet of water in her hold. Rebecca, of Salem, rescued Graham and the crew and later put them aboard an English schooner sailing to Halifax, Nova Scotia. [9]
Several vessels have been named Harriet, or Harriot:
Pitt was launched at Ulverston in 1799 and proceeded to sail to the West Indies and New York. A French privateer captured her in 1806 but she quickly returned to British ownership and sailing as a West Indiaman. She continued trading with the West Indies and North America until she was last listed in 1833.
Alexander was launched in 1801 in the United States, possibly under another name. She became a slave ship, sailing from Liverpool. A French privateer captured her after she had landed her slaves at Berbice. Alexander returned to British ownership and became a West Indiaman, and then a transport. She was last listed in 1816 but may have been sold or broken up in 1815.
Tartar was launched in France in 1802, or Spain in 1805, almost certainly under another name. In 1806 she sailed under the flag of the United Kingdom on a voyage as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. On her return she started trading between Liverpool and Brazil and Africa. A French frigate captured her in 1813, but then released her. She was wrecked early in 1815.
Harriot was launched in America in 1803, possibly under another name. In 1806 she made a voyage as a slave ship. In 1807 she started a second such voyage, one of the last legal such voyages, but a French privateer captured her before she could deliver to the British West Indies the slaves she had acquired.
Harriot was launched at Broadstairs in 1803. She made four voyages as a Guineaman between 1804 and 1807. Following the prohibition in 1807 on British vessels participating in the trans-Atlantic slave trade Harriet became a West Indiaman. A French privateer captured Harriet as Harriet was returning to England from Port au Prince in April 1809.
Harriot was launched in Spain in 1794, almost surely under another name, and taken in prize in 1797. She made two voyages as a London-based slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. Under new ownership, she then made three voyages as a whaler in the British southern whale fishery. A privateer captured her as she was returning from her third whale-hunting voyage but the British Royal Navy recaptured her. After her recapture she became a merchantman. She was captured and condemned at Lima, Peru in March-April 1809 as a smuggler.
Harriot (or Harriott}was launched in Liverpool in 1786. For many years she was a West Indiaman, sailing between Liverpool and Barbados. In 1796 a French frigate captured her, but the British Royal Navy quickly recaptured her. She became a slave ship. At the beginning of her of her first slave trading voyage a French privateer captured her, and again the Royal Navy quickly recaptured her. She made five slave trading voyages in all. Thereafter she traded with South America. She was last listed in 1814 with stale data.
Harriot was launched in 1784 on the Thames as a West Indiaman. Her owners may have intended to send her to the South Seas as a whaler in 1786, but there is no evidence that she actually made such a voyage. A new owner renamed her Dominica Packet around 1787. She then spent her career primarily sailing between Britain and the West Indies. During her career she, together with two other Liverpool letters of marque, captured a valuable Spanish merchantman. Later, Harriot captured a Dutch East Indiaman. A Baltimore privateer captured Dominica Packet in 1813, but the British Royal Navy quickly recaptured her. She foundered circa January 1821.
Agreeable was launched at Bermuda in 1786, probably under a different name. French owners acquired her at some point and sailed her as Agréable. In 1793 the British captured her. Subsequently, between 1793 and 1808, she made six voyages as a slave ship, alternating between the triangular trade in enslaved people, and sailing as a regular West Indiaman. French privateers captured her between the second and third voyages, and the third and fourth voyages, but each time the British Royal Navy recaptured her. In the case of the second capture she was in French hands long enough for them to send her out as a privateer. She herself captured an American vessel in 1808 as she was returning to Liverpool from her last enslaving voyage. After the end of British participation in trans-Atlantic enslaving trade, Agreeable traded more widely, particularly to South America. She was condemned at Buenos Aires in 1814 after running aground in the River Plate. She was repaired and continue to sail to Brazil until she returned to Liverpool in June 1819.
Albion Packet was a schooner launched at Berwick by Gowan. She sailed primarily along Britain's coasts, and later to the Baltic. She disappeared from the registers between 1816 and 1822, when she reappeared as Albion. Circa 1827 she became Albion Packet again. She underwent two maritime mishaps, one in August 1802 and one circa December 1827, before being wrecked on 17 November 1832 near Orford High Light.
Thames was launched in New York in 1798, probably under another name. Bebby & Co., of Liverpool, acquired her circa 1807. An American privateer captured Thames in January 1813 as Thames was sailing back to Liverpool from Africa.
Hart was a brig, possibly launched in America in 1809, and taken in prize. From 1809 on she sailed to the Mediterranean, particularly Malta. A privateer captured her in 1810, but she was recaptured. She burnt in 1811.
John Tobin was a ship launched in 1809 at Hull. In 1810 she recaptured a British vessel and in November 1812 she repelled an attack by an American privateer in a single ship action. From 1816 John Tobin made three voyages to India, sailing under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She then sailed to Calabar, West Africa. She left there on 28 November 1821 and was never heard of again.
Carleton was launched in New Brunswick or Nova Scotia in 1802. First she traded between Liverpool and North America. Then between 1806 and 1807 she made one voyage as a whaler to Van Diemen's Land. Afterwards she traded with the Caribbean and Malta, and was lost while sailing from Hull to Quebec.
Cornwall was launched in Whitby in 1798 or 1799 as a West Indiaman. Between 1817 and 1819 she made two voyages to Bengal, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). She made a third voyage, this time in 1825, to Bombay. The last readily accessible reports of her movements have her returning to Liverpool from Demerara in early 1827.
Onslow was launched at Onslow, Nova Scotia in 1817. She moved to England in 1818 and traded with Canada and the West Indies. She foundered on 30 July 1829.
Trelawney was launched in 1775 at Liverpool as Clayton, sailing as a West Indiaman. She first appeared as Trelawney in 1779. Between early 1788 and end-1790 she made two voyages as a whaler in the northern whale fishery, and one in the southern whale fishery. Her return from the southern fishery resulted in her owners suing the government for a bounty payment; the owners won. She disappeared from the registers between 1794 and 1800. In 1800 she reappeared as a coaster, sailing between the River Tyne and London. In 1809 she started sailing across the North Atlantic to Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Quebec. A United States privateer captured her in 1812.
Prince Regent was launched at Whitehaven in 1812. She initially sailed as a West Indiaman. Then from 1817 she made one voyage to India, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). Afterwards, she traded across the Atlantic, primarily to the United States. She was last listed in 1839.
William Ashton was launched at Lancaster in 1810 as a West Indiaman. In 1810 she repelled a French privateer in a single ship action, and in 1813 she captured a ship. Then in 1818–1819 she made one voyage to India, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). Thereafter she traded widely until she was wrecked on 9 August 1830 at Newfoundland on her way from Dublin to Quebec.