 HM Bark Endeavour, sketch by Francis Joseph Bayldon dated 1924, General Carleton would have looked very similar.
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| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | General Carleton |
| Operator | Nathaniel Campion and after his death in 1783, his wife Margaret[2] |
| Builder | (probably)Thomas Fishburn, Whitby |
| Launched | 1777 |
| Acquired | by Navy Board as victualler/storeship March 1782 [1] |
| In service | 12 March 1777 |
| Homeport | Whitby, United Kingdom |
| Fate | sunk on 25 September 1785 in heavy storm, near Debki, Poland |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | collier |
| Tonnage | 380 [7] |
| Length | 106 ft (32 m)[4] |
| Beam | 29 ft 3 in (8.92 m)[5] |
| Propulsion | Sails—3,321 sq yd (897 m2)[3] |
| Sail plan | Full rigged ship |
| Speed | 7 to 8 knots (13 to 15 km/h) maximum[8] |
| Crew | 18 [6] |
General Carleton was British cargo ship, collier, launched in 1777 from the port of Whitby in North Yorkshire, and named for Sir Guy Carleton, a general who commanded British troops in the American Revolutionary War (The American War of Independence). She was typical of the type of merchant ships built at Whitby at that time, with blunt, square bows and a flat bottom, and would have looked very similar to Cook's "Endeavour", though she would have been ship-rigged. Although this type of ship is called a collier, "General Carleton" was probably never employed in the coal trade, mainly sailing to the Baltic, until she was employed by the Navy Board in 1782 as a storeship/victualler. Her international importance is due to the unique collection of 18th century seamen's clothing that was excavated from the wreck, in a good state of preservation due to being covered in tar from the ships cargo when she sank. [9]
References edit
- ^ ADM 111/89
- ^ "in Polish: Wrak W-32 – pozostałości angielskiego statku „General Carleton" (Wreck W-32 remains of British ship "General Carleton")" (PDF). Polish Maritime Museum, Gdańsk. pp. p11. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
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- ^ H M Bark Endeavour specifications
- ^ H M Bark Endeavour specifications
- ^ Muster rolls at the Whitby Literary & Philosophical Society archive
- ^ ADM 111/89
- ^ H M Bark Endeavour specifications
- ^ Babits and Brenckle in Ossowski (2008)
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Bibliography edit
- Ossowski, Waldemar (2008). The "General Carleton" Shipwreck, 1785. Polish Maritime Museum, Gdańsk. ISBN 978-83-924360-1-0.
- Baines, Stephen (2010). The Yorkshire "Mary Rose", the ship "General Carleton" of Whitby. Blackthorn Press. ISBN 978-1-906259-20-4.
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