| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Resource |
| Owner |
|
| Builder | Holt and Richardson, [1] Whitby |
| Launched | 1805 |
| Captured | Lost 1810 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Tons burthen | 296, [2] or 297 [3] (bm) |
| Length | 97 ft 3 in (29.6 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 2 in (8.3 m) |
| Armament | 6 × 4-pounder guns [2] |
| Notes | Part old materials [2] |
Resource was launched at Whitby in 1805. She was lost in 1810.
Resource first appeared in the Register of Shipping (RS) in 1806. [2]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1806 | Harrison | Harrison | Whitby–Shields | RS |
Resource first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1810. [3]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810 | J.Davis | Morsom | London–Martinique | LR |
Resource was lost on 16 March 1810 near Terceira Island as she was returning to London from Martinique. Her crew was saved. [4]
Lotus was a ship launched at Whitby, England in 1826. She made several voyages to Australia carrying emigrants. She made one voyage transporting convicts to Van Diemen's Land. On that voyage, in 1833, she rescued 61 survivors from Hibernia, which a fire had destroyed in the South Atlantic as Hibenia was carrying immigrants to Van Diemen's Land. Lotus herself was lost in May 1844 while sailing between Bristol and Quebec.
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Cambridge was launched at Whitby in 1797. She traded with New York, and then with Jamaica. In 1805 a French privateer captured her, but the British Royal Navy recaptured her shortly thereafter and she returned to her trade as a West Indiaman. In 1810 she sustained damage while sailing from Jamaica to Liverpool and was condemned at Havana.
HMS Vulture was launched in 1801 at South Shields as Warrior. The Royal Navy purchased her in 1803 as a sloop and renamed her. From 1808 through 1813 she was a floating battery at Jersey,. The Navy sold her in 1814 and she returned to mercantile service as Warrior. She was last listed in 1820, but does not seem to have sailed again after returning from east of the Cape in 1817.
Aurora was launched at Whitby in 1789. Between 1799 and 1806 she made four voyages as a whaler to the British southern whale fishery. She was last listed in 1809 with stale data since her whaling voyages.
Harpooner was launched at Whitby in 1769, or possibly a few years later. Her early career is obscure. She may have been a Greenland whaler between 1786 and 1792. She appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1801, and thereafter traded across the Atlantic. She was wrecked in 1816 with heavy loss of life.
Earl Fauconberg was launched at Whitby in 1765. From 1784 on she made numerous voyages as a Greenland whaler. She was lost there in 1821.
Bellona was launched at Whitby in 1812. She was first listed in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1812 with Foxton, master, and Fishburn, owner. She was lost near Brest on 21 January 1814. Lloyd's List reported that the transport Bellona, J. Foxton, master, was on a voyage from Passages to an English port when she was lost with the loss of all but three of her crew.
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Lord Wellington was launched in 1811 at Whitby as a London-based transport. She made one voyage to India c. 1816. She sank in May 1823 after striking an iceberg in the North Atlantic.
Majestic was launched at Whitby in 1801. She was London-based transport, though she also sailed to the Baltic. She was sold to the government in 1810.
Majestic was launched at Whitby in 1804. She served the British government as a transport until she burned at Barbados on 20 October 1808, due to an act of carelessness by a crew member.
Young William was launched at Whitby in 1779. Initially, she was a West Indiaman. Later she traded more widely, particularly to Russia and the Baltic. She was captured and recaptured in 1814 and was lost on Nargon Island in 1815.
Gardiner and Joseph was launched at Hull in 1802. She made seven voyages as a whaler in the northern whale fishery until she was wrecked in November 1808.
Amphitrite was launched at Whitby in 1790. A French privateer captured her in 1794, but the Royal Navy recaptured her. She spent much of her career as a West Indiaman, finishing as a London transport. She was last listed in 1810 or 1811.
Brilliant was launched at Whitby in 1813. She spent the bulk of her career sailing between London and the Cape of Good Hope (CGH). Finally, she became waterlogged while sailing between New Brunswick and Dublin and on 7 February 1823 her crew and passengers had to abandon her.
William and Ann was launched in 1781 at Whitby. From her launch until 1805 she alternated between being a transport and trading with the Baltic. In 1805 she became a whaler in the northern whale fishery. She wrecked in ice in 1830 in the Greenland fisheries on her 24th whaling voyage.
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