Harriot (1787 ship)

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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgGreat Britain
NameHarriot/Harriet
BuilderJohn Mackenzie, Rotherhithe [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Launched31 July 1787
FateLast listed in 1813
General characteristics [2]
Tons burthen378 (bm)
Length84 ft 6 in (25.8 m) (keel)
Beam29 ft 0 in (8.8 m)
Armament8 × 18-pounder carronades (1809)

Harriot was launched at Rotherhithe in 1787 as a West Indiaman. She made two voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), the first as Harriot and the second as Harriet. After the voyages for the EIC she returned to sailing to the West Indies until circa 1801. She then became a London-based transport until she was last listed in 1813.

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Career

Harriot first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1787. [3]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1787CampbellDavidsonLondon–JamaicaLR
1795CampbellDavidsonLondon–JamaicaLR

1st EIC voyage (1794–1795): The EIC had Harriot measured and surveyed. Captain John Luard sailed from Portsmouth on 1 May 1794, bound for Bengal. Harriot reached Madras on 11 September and arrived at Calcutta on 3 November. Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 9 January 1795, reached St Helena on 19 March, and arrived back at the Downs on 23 July. [2] [lower-alpha 2]

The EIC on 19 April 1794 appointed Luard captain of Georgiana, shortly before he sailed as captain of Harriet. [6] EIC records imply that Georgiana made seven voyages for the company. However, EIC records only account for six. [7] [8] The missing voyage would have occurred at the time Luard was sailing Harriot.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1796PatersonMuilmanLondon–Cape of Good HopeLR

2nd EIC voyage (1796–1797): Captain Charles Patterson sailed from Portsmouth on 14 April 1796, bound for the Cape and St Helena. Harriet was at Simon's Bay on 29 July and Table Bay on 2 September. She reached St Helena on 8 November and arrived at Long Reach on 16 February 1797. [9] On her return from the Cape, Harriet returned to trading with the West Indies.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1797Paterson
Pender
Muilman
Manning
London–Cape of Good Hope
London St Kitts
LR
1798W.Pender
R.Brown
Muilman
Manning
London–St KittsLR
1801DixonManningLondon transportLR

Harriet was last listed in LR in 1807 with data unchanged since 1801. However, in 1809 she was listed in the Register of Shipping. (The RS for 1807 and 1808 either do not exist, or they exist but are not available on line.)

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1809Johnson
Robson
T.&R.BrownLondon transportRS; repair 1805 & good repair 1809
1813RobsonT.&R.BrownLondon transportRS; good repair 1809

Fate

Harriet was last listed in RS in 1813. The entry was annotated "See Supplement", but she did not appear in the supplementary pages, or in the 1814 volume.

Notes

  1. Hackman apparently mixes up this Harriot with Harriet (1795 ship)
  2. One contemporary source on EIC voyages showed Luard and Harriot returning on 28 March 1795. [4] The same source had Luard sailing Georgiana from Portsmouth for Bengal on 23 January 1795. [5]

Citations

  1. Hackman (2001), pp. 234–235.
  2. 1 2 British Library: Harriot.
  3. LR (1787), Seq.No.444.
  4. Hardy (1800), p. 221.
  5. Hardy (1800), p. 220.
  6. Hardy (1811), p. xv.
  7. "British Library: Georgiana (1)" . Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  8. Hardy (1820).
  9. British Library: Harriet (2).

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