Latona (1789 ship)

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Red Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Great Britain
NameLatona
Namesake Leto
Owner
  • 1789:John & Francis Barry [1]
  • Subsequently:Various
BuilderJohn Barry
Launched1789
FateWrecked 6 February 1842
General characteristics
Tons burthen292, [2] or 295, [3] or 297, [4] or 300, [1] (bm)
Length
  • Overall:95 ft 9 in (29.2 m) [2]
  • Keel:75 ft 4 in (23.0 m) [2]
Beam27 ft 0 in (8.2 m) [2]
PropulsionSail
Complement26 [3]
Armament
  • 1794: 10 × 4-pounder guns [3]
  • 1800: 10 × 4-pounder guns [5]
  • 1810:6 × 18-pounder carronades
NotesThree decks

Latona was launched at Whitby in 1789. She made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC), one as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people, and one as a whaling ship in the southern whale fishery. She spent the rest of her career as a merchantman. She was wrecked in February 1842.

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Career

Latona was launched in 1789 at Whitby. Although some records state 1790, which is when she was sold to London investors and registered there. [1]

One source has suggested that it was a different Latona that made a voyage for the EIC. [6] The data from Lloyd's Register supports that it was the Whitby Latona that made the voyage.

YearMasterOwnerTradeNotes
1790F. Barry
J. Ranter		Barry (Senior)
W. Christopher		Hull–Petersburth
London–Virginia		Launched in 1789 at Whitby
1793J. RanterChristopherLondon–Virginia
1794J. Ranter
H. Christopher		ChristopherLondon–Virginia
London–Bengal		Launched in 1789 at Whitby [7]

EIC voyage (1794-1795): On 3 June 1794 Captain Henry Christopher acquired a letter of marque. [3] Before she was ready for a voyage for the EIC, Hill repaired her. [2] Before Latona left England, the Court of Directors had agreed that she would be allowed to stop at Madeira. [8]

On 25 June Gilbert Ferguson and William Gillett certified to the EIC's Court of Directors that before she, and seven other vessels, had left the Thames, "everything was done, that in our opinion was necessary, to make them sufficiently strong to bring home a cargo from India". [9]

Christopher sailed from Plymouth on 22 June. Latona reached the Cape of Good Hope on 8 October, and arrived at Calcutta on 15 February 1795. On her way home she reached St Helena on 5 August. [2] On 3 September she sailed from St Helena. She sailed together with Boddam, Rockingham, and Indian Trader, and a number of other vessels, all under the escort of HMS Hector. [10] Latona arrived at The Downs on 25 November. [2]

For reasons that are obscure as of February 2023, Latona disappeared from Lloyd's Register for several years. She was listed in Lloyd's Register in 1800 and in the Register of Shipping for 1800, the year in which this register started publication.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1800Fotheringham
G. Young		W. DoddsLondon–JamaicaLR; Launched in 1790 at Whitby [5]
1801G. Young
Blair
J.Smith		W. DoddsLondon–JamaicaLR; new deck and small repairs 1801
1802J.Smith
Greenleaf		W. DoddsLondon–JamaicaLR; new deck and small repairs 1801

Enslaving voyage (1801–1802): In 1801 Captain John Smith made one enslaving voyage. He sailed from London on 22 November 1801. He acquired captives at Cape Coast Castle and Latona sailed from Africa on 29 April 1801. She arrived at Havana on 15 July with 283 captives. She arrived back at London on 7 October. [11]

In 1803 she returned to the Jamaica trade.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1805GreenleafW. DoddsLondon–Jamaica
1810HannahBarkworthHull transportGood repair 1808
1815HannahBarkworthHull transport
1818D. Cherry
J. Donovan		BarkworthHull–Quebec
London–South Seas		Good repair 1816
1819DonovanBarkworthLondon–South Seas

Whaling voyage (1818–1820): Captain Donovan (or Denamon, or Dennaman, or Denniman) sailed from England on 30 January 1818, bound for the Isle of Desolation. She was at Desolation Island on 7 March 1819 and at the Galapagos in November. She returned to England on 5 October 1820. [12]

YearMasterOwnerTradeNotes
1820DonovanBarkworthLondon–South Seas
1822Donovan
Thompson
Paterson		Barkworth
Patterson		London–South seas
London–Shields
London–Quebec		Launched in 1799 at Whitby [13]
1825PattersonPattersonLiverpool–RigaLaunched in 1799 at Whitby
1830PattersonPattersonLondon–QuebecSmall repair 1830

The Register of Shipping last published in 1833. The data below are from Lloyd's Register

YearMasterOwnerTradeNotes
1835J. TaylorYoung & SonNewcastle–QuebecLarge repair 1834
Launched in 1790 at Whitby
Homeport Newcastle
1840W.SuttonYoung & SonLondon–QuebecHomeport South Shields
1841W.SuttonYoung & SonLondon–Quebec
Shields-Mediterranean		Large repair 1841
some repairs 1841 [4]

Fate

On 6 February 1842, Latona, Sutton, master, was coming from Alexandria when she struck the bar at Courtmacsherry, County Cork. She was driven ashore and wrecked. [14] [15]

The entry for Latona in the 1841 volume of Lloyd's Register is marked "wrecked". [4]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Weatherill (1908), p. 63.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 British Library: Latona.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Letter of Marque, p.72 - accessed 25 July 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 Lloyd's Register (1841), Seq. №L148.
  5. 1 2 Register of Shipping (1800), Seq.№L79.
  6. ↑ Hackman (2001), p. 141.
  7. ↑ Lloyd's Register (1794), Seq.№L91.
  8. ↑ Proceedings... (1795), p.692.
  9. ↑ Proceedings... (1795), p.845.
  10. ↑ Lloyd's List №2759.
  11. ↑ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Latona voyage #82242.
  12. ↑ British Southern Whale Fishery Database – voyages: Latona.
  13. ↑ Register of Shipping (1822), Seq.№L136.
  14. ↑ "Ship News". The Standard. No. 5498. London. 10 February 1842.
  15. ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 22537. London. 11 February 1842.

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