Willerby (1799 ship)

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British-Red-Ensign-1707.svgGreat Britain
NameWillerby
NamesakeWillerby
BuilderPerry, Wells & Green, Blackwall
Launched1 July 1799
FateWrecked 1818
General characteristics
Tons burthen400, or 429, [1] or 455, or 457, [2] or 458 [3] (bm)
Complement50 [3]
Armament
  • 1799:24 × 3&9&12-pounder cannons [3]
  • 1799:24 × 12-pounder carronades [1]
  • 1806:6 × 12-pounder & 2 × 9-pounder guns
  • 1811:2 × 12-pounder & 8 × 9-pounder guns + 8 × 12-pounder carronades

Willerby was launched in 1799 as a West Indiaman. French privateers captured her around early 1802, but then released her. She suffered damage in a gale in 1815, but continued to trade. She sailed to New South Wales and was wrecked in early 1818.

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Career

Willerby first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1799. [1]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1799P.LevettDale & Co.London–JamaicaLR

Captain Thomas? Stimpson Levild acquired a letter of marque on 7 October 1799. [3]

In February 1802, Lloyd's List reported that two French cruizers had captured Willerby, Lovett, master, in the West Indies as Willerby was on her way to Jamaica from London and Madeira. Her captors took Willerby into Cayenne, but then released her. She subsequently arrived at st Vincent. [4]

Between 1802 and 1806, Willerby left LR, but she continued to appear in the Register of Shipping (RS).

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1805P.LevettDale & Co.London–JamaicaRS
1806FountainDale & Co.London–JamaicaRS
1807StimpsonDale & Co.London–JamaicaLR; small repairs 1805
1808BruceJ.GibsonLondon–JamaicaLR; small repairs 1805
1809J.Bruce
Russels		Levett
E&T.Green		London–JamaicaRS
1810J.RussellJ.GreenLondon–JamaicaLR; small repairs 1805
1811J.RaffleGreen & Co.London–JamaicaRS
1811Fairburn
T.Muller		Green & Co.London–JamaicaLR; small repairs 1805
1813F.MullerJ.GreenLondon–BermudaLR; small repairs 1805

On 10 August 1815 a gale struck the convoy from Jamaica for London. After the gale Willerby, Muller, master, proceeded for Halifax. she had lost her mizzen mast and main top mast. She was also leaky. [5] Willerby had had her ground tier of sugar washed out as she had seven feet of water in her hold before she was pumped out. [6]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1816F.Muller
R.Crosset		J.GreenPlymouth–West Indies
London–Botany Bay		LR

Willerby, Crossett, master, arrived in Sydney on 30 September 1816 with a cargo of merchandise. She left on 10 November, bound for Calcutta. [7]

Fate

Willerby, Crosset, master, was carrying a cargo of rice when she was driven ashore and wrecked on Ambon Island, Netherlands East Indies in late February or early March 1818. Her crew were rescued. [8]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 LR (1799), Seq.No.W217.
  2. ↑ Hackman (2001), p. 322.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Letter of Marque, p.93 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4232. 23 February 1802. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105233084.
  5. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 5002. 5 September 1815. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735027.
  6. ↑ "LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 7". 7 September 1815, Lancaster Gazetter (Lancaster, England) Volume: 15, Issue: 743.
  7. ↑ "Arrival of Vessels at Port Jackson, and their Departure". Australian Town and Country Journal, Saturday 3 January 1891, p.17. 3 January 1891. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  8. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 5322. 9 October 1818. hdl:2027/mdp.39015005778173.

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