Hebe (1809 Hull ship)

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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameHebe
BuilderThomas Steemson, Paull, Hull
Launched24 November 1809
FateWrecked 10 March 1821
General characteristics
Tons burthen362 [1] (bm)
Armament12 × 9-pounder guns (1813)

Hebe was launched at Hull in 1809. She initially sailed as a West Indiaman, but then sailed to the Mediterranean. In 1813 a privateer captured her but the Royal Navy quickly recaptured her. Between 1816 and 1819 she made two voyages to India, sailing under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). On her return new owners sailed her as a whaler. She was wrecked on 10 March 1821 on her second whaling voyage to the British northern whale fishery.

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Merchantman

Hebe first appeared in the Register of Shipping (RS) in 1810 sailing as West Indiaman. She first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1811 sailing to Malta.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1810T.AllisonStaniforthLondon–West IndiesRS
1811T.Allison
G.Orton		StaniforthLondon–West Indies
London–Malta		RS; damages repaired 1811
1811G.OrronStaniforthLondon–MaltaLR

Hebe, Orton, master, returned with the fleet from Jamaica on 19 July 1811. She had arrived there on 12 May. She sailed from Gravesend for Malta on 22 September. On 13 April 1812 she was at Cadiz, having come from Salonica. On 19 June she arrived back at Gravesend from Cadiz. On 20 August she was at Gibraltar, having come from London.

On 19 January 1813 Hebe, Orton, master, was returning from the Currant (Ionian) Islands when a large French privateer attacked near Minorca. Hebe repelled the attack but afterwards a French privateer captured her near Cartagena, Spain, during a calm. The schooner HMS Vesta recaptured Hebe and brought her into Gibraltar. [2] Hebe arrived at Gravesend from Zante on 25 April.

By 3 October 1813 Hebe, Orton, master, was back at Malta. From there she sailed to Smyrna. She arrived back at Gravesend on 27 June 1814.

In 1813 the EIC had lost its monopoly on the trade between India and Britain. British ships were then free to sail to India or the Indian Ocean under a license from the EIC. [3] In 1815 Staniforth put Hebe into the East India trade.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1816F.Reynolds
Thompson		StaniforthHull–London
Hull–India		LR
1817Thompson
Sugden		StaniforthHull–IndiaLR

India voyages:

On Hebe's return Staniforth sole her. Her new owners decided to sail as a Hull-based whaler in the British Northern Whale Fishery.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1820J.Sugden
T.Cousins		J.Staniforth
Hewitson		London–CalcuttaLR
1821J.CousensHewitsonHull–Davis Straits LR; repairs 1821 & 1821

Whaler

In 1820 Captain Cousens (or Couzens), sailed Hebe to the Davis Strait. There she killed 19 whales, which rendered into 240 tuns of whale oil. [4]

Fate

Hebe was wrecked on 10 March 1821 near Aberdeen with the loss of five of her crew. She was outward bound on a voyage from Hull to Davis Strait. [5] One of her crew wrote a letter to his wife with his account of the wrecking. [6] That year 13 whalers were lost, including Hebe. [lower-alpha 1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Ten were lost in Davis Strait, one of them being Harmony. [7]

Citations

  1. ↑ Hackman (2001), p. 282.
  2. ↑ LL 12 February 1813, №4745.
  3. ↑ Hackman (2001), p. 247.
  4. ↑ Coltish (c. 1842).
  5. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5576). 16 March 1821.
  6. ↑ Lubbock (1937), pp. 219–220.
  7. ↑ Pope (1831), p. 1068.

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