Sally was launched in 1782 at Liverpool as a West Indiaman. She made one voyage as a whaler and one as an East Indiaman sailing to Bengal under charter to the British East India Company (EIC). After a storm damaged her in 1805 as she was on her way in 1805 from Liverpool to Africa as a slave ship she had to put into Barbados where she was condemned.
| History | |
|---|---|
 Great Britain | |
| Name | Sally |
| Builder | Liverpool[1] |
| Launched | 1782[1][2] |
| Fate | Condemned 1805 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 459,[4][2] or 500[1] (bm) |
| Length | 113 ft 9 in (34.7 m)[3] |
| Beam | 30 ft 10 in (9.4 m)[3] |
| Complement | |
| Armament | |
| Notes | Two decks & three masts[3] |
Career edit
Sally first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1782 with J.Corning, master, changing to J.Corbett, J.Chorley & Co., owners, and trade Liverpool–Tortola.[1]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1783 | J.Corbett J.Woods |
J.Chorley | Liverpool–Tortola | LR |
| 1792 | J.Woods J.Meader |
J.Chorley | Liverpool–Southern Fishery | LR |
Whaling voyage (1791–1792): Captain John Meader sailed from Liverpool in 1791 (probably on 29 March 1791), bound for Walvis Bay. Sally returned on 19 November 1792.[5]
After Sally returned from whaling, Captain John Woods resumed command. On 11 January 1794 Captain John Woods acquired a letter of marque.[4][a]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1794 | J.Woods | J.Chorley | Liverpool–Tortola | LR; repairs 1790 and 1792 |
EIC voyage (1795–1796): Captain Robert Brown acquired a letter of marque on 7 August 1795. Before she sailed, Sally underwent repairs. Sally sailed from Liverpool on 7 September, bound for Bengal. She was at Rio de Janeiro on 14 November, and arrived at Calcutta on 24 February 1796. Homeward bound, she was at Culpee on 2 April, reached St Helena on 23 July and Crookhaven on 27 November, before arriving at the Downs on 12 December.[7]
After Sally returned to England, Captain John Woods resumed command. He acquired a letter of marque on 12 January 1798.[4]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1797 | J.Brown J.Woods |
J.Chorley | Liverpool–Bengal Liverpool–Tortola |
LR; repairs 1790, 1792, & 1795 |
| 1800 | J.Woods | J.Chorley | Liverpool–Tortola | LR; repairs 1790, 1792, & 1795 |
| 1805 | J.Thompson C.Kincale |
Holind & Co. | Cork Liverpool–Africa |
LR; repairs 1790, 1792, & 1795 |
Fate edit
Captain Charles Kneale sailed Sally from Liverpool on 5 August 1805. The Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database states that she was "shipwrecked or destroyed, before slaves embarked".[8] Lloyd's List (LL) reported on 10 December that Sally, Neale, master, from Liverpool to Africa, had put into Barbados dis-masted and that she had been condemned.[9]
Sally did not appear on the lists of vessels cleared to Africa from ports in England.[10] In 1805, 30 British enslaving vessels were lost, five of them on the outbound leg of their voyages.[11] During the period 1793 to 1807, war, rather than maritime hazards or resistance by the captives, was the greatest cause of vessel losses among British enslaving vessels.[12]
Notes edit
Citations edit
- ^ a b c d e LR (1782), Seq.№S630.
- ^ a b Hackman (2001), p. 242.
- ^ a b c Craig & Jarvis (1967), p. 40.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Letter of Marque, p.85 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ British Southern Whale Fishery – Voyages: Sally.
- ^ Clayton (2014), p. 211.
- ^ British Library: Sally.
- ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Sally voyage #83492.
- ^ LL 10 December 105 №4278.
- ^ Inikori (1996), p. 86.
- ^ Inikori (1996), p. 62.
- ^ Inikori (1996), p. 58.
References edit
- Clayton, Jane M (2014). Ships employed in the South Sea Whale Fishery from Britain: 1775–1815: An alphabetical list of ships. Berforts Group. ISBN 9781908616524.
- Craig, Robert; Jarvis, Rupert (1967). Liverpool Registry of Merchant Ships. Series 3. Vol. 15. Manchester University Press for the Chetham Society.
- Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
- Inikori, Joseph (1996). "Measuring the unmeasured hazards of the Atlantic slave trade: Documents relating to the British trade". Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer. 83 (312): 53–92. doi:10.3406/outre.1996.3457.