Westmoreland (1783 ship)

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British-Red-Ensign-1707.svgGreat Britain
NameWestmoreland
BuilderYarmouth
Launched1783
Capturedc. March 1805
General characteristics
Tons burthen375, or 406, [1] or 412 [1] (bm)
Complement
Armament
  • 1800: 18 × 9-pounder guns [1]
  • 1803: 10 × 9-pounder guns [1]
  • 1805: 16 × 9-pounder guns [1]

Westmoreland was launched in Yarmouth in 1783. Between 1800 and 1804 she made two voyages as a slave ship. A French privateer captured her during her second voyage but the Royal Navy recaptured her and she completed her voyage. The registers continued to carry her for a few years but with stale data; she actually made a voyage in 1805 to Demerara. On her way a privateer captured her.

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Career

Westmoreland first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1783, sailing as a West Indiaman. [2]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1783W.BrownT.ManglesLondon–JamaicaLR
1795ThomasWebsterLondon–Cork
Cork–Jamaica		LR
1797ThomasWebsterCork–JamaicaLR

On 26 February 1796 Westmoreland was at 37°30′N45°53′W / 37.500°N 45.883°W / 37.500; -45.883 and part of a convoy bound for London. She had lost her main and mizzen masts and was bearing for Antigua. [3] She arrived at Antigua. [4] She arrived at Deal at end-August.

Westmoreland was registered at Whitby in 1797 with owners Robtert Gill, m.m., Henry Barrick, sen., and Jn. Watson. [5]

In 1797, Westmoreland was on her way from Jamaica to London when she put into Hampton Roads, Virginia. [6] By end-December she arrived back at Dover and on 2 January 1798 she arrived at Gravesend.

She was registered at Liverpool in February 1800.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1798JamesonLondon–JamaicaLR
1799F.RolstonGill & Co.Hull–MemelLR; good repair 1798
1800F.Rolton
Catteral		Gill
Bell & Co.		Hull–Memel
Liverpool–Africa		Register of Shipping; large repair 1799

Westmoreland was re-registered at Liverpool in February 1800. [5]

1st slave trading voyage (1800–1801): Captain Robert Catterall acquired a letter of marque on 2 April 1800. [1] He sailed from Liverpool on 20 April. Westmoreland acquired her slaves in West Africa and arrived at Kingston on 9 January 1801 with 368. She sailed from Kingston on 4 April and arrived back at Liverpool on 4 June. She had left Liverpool with 40 crew members, had arrived at Kingston with 36, and had returned to Liverpool having suffered four crew deaths on her voyage. [7]

2nd slave trading voyage (1803–1804): Captain Timothy Boardman acquired a letter of marque on 11 July 1823. Westmoreland left Liverpool on 9 January 1803. She acquired her slaves in Gabon. [8] As she was sailing to the West Indies, the privateer General Ernouf captured her, but HMS Cyane recaptured her on 2 January 1804, or just before. [9] Westmoreland arrived at Barbados on 5 January with 192 slaves. [8] [10] At some point Captain Edward Kelly replaced Boardman. [8] Westmoreland, Kelly, master, arrived in Liverpool in early July. [11] She had left Liverpool with 37 crew members and she suffered six crew deaths on her voyage. [8]

Fate

Although both LR and the Register of Shipping carried Westmorelnad with data stale since 1804, it appears that Captain Baynes Reed acquired a letter of marque on 26 March 1805. [1] He sailed for Demerara. In March or so, the French privateer Bon, of Bordeaux, captured Westmoreland. [12] In June Lloyd's List reported that Commerce, of Liverpool, had arrived in Virginia. On her way a Spanish privateer had boarded her and transferred to her Reed and his crew. [13]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Letter of Marque, p.92 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  2. ↑ LR (1783), Seq.No.W205.
  3. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 2805. 25 March 1796. hdl:2027/uc1.c3049069 . Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 2818. 10 May 1796. hdl:2027/uc1.c3049068 . Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  5. 1 2 Weatherill (1908), p. 369.
  6. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 2971. 21 November 1797. hdl:2027/uc1.c3049068 . Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  7. ↑ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Westmoreland voyage #84005.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Westmoreland voyage #84006.
  9. ↑ "No. 15683". The London Gazette . 13 March 1804. p. 309.
  10. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4426. 10 February 1804. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735021 . Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  11. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4468. 6 July 1804. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735021 . Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  12. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4211. 26 April 1805. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735022 . Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  13. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4299. 28 June 1805. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735022 . Retrieved 4 October 2020.

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