Caroline (1794 ship)

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History
Great Britain
NameCaroline
BuilderFrance
Launched1792[1]
Acquired1794 by purchase of a prize
FateFoundered 2 February 1801
General characteristics
Tons burthen286,[1] or 290[2] (bm)
Complement35[2]
Armament2 × 6-pounder guns + 16 × 12-pounder carronades

Caroline was a ship launched in France in 1792, possibly under another name. She was taken in prize in 1794 and sailed first as a West Indiaman, then as a whaler, and finally as a slave ship. She was lost in 1801 on her second slave-trading voyage after she had delivered her slaves to Kingston, Jamaica.

Career[]

Caroline first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1794.[1]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1794 M'Clanahan F.Hall London-Guadeloupe LR
1797 M'Clanahan
G.Quested 		F.Hall
S.Enderby 		London-Marinique
London–South Seas 		LR

Whaler: Samuel Enderby & Sons purchased Caroline in 1796 and sent her to whale in the British Southern Whale Fishery. Captain George Quested sailed in 1796, bound for the Pacific. In mid-1797 Caroline was at the Galapagos Islands. She returned to London on 21 October 1798.[3]

Caroline's ownership changed to Liverpool and she became a slave ship.

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1800 W.Finlay S.Clarke Liverpool–Africa Register of Shipping (RS)

1st slave voyage (1799–1800): Captain William Findlay (or Finlay) acquired a letter of marque on 17 April 1799.[2] He sailed for West Africa on 14 May 1799. Caroline gathered her slaves at Bonny and arrived at Kingston, Jamaica, 9 November with 426 slaves. She sailed from Kingston on 10 December and arrived back at Liverpool 27 January 1800. She had left Liverpool with 41 crew members and suffered three crew deaths on the voyage.[4]

2nd slave voyage (1800–1801): Captain Findlay sailed from Liverpool on 6 May 1800, bound for West Africa. She left with 43 crew members. Caroline arrived at Kingston 302 slaves and 35 crew members. She suffered four crew deaths on her voyage.[5]

Fate[]

On 2 February 1801 Caroline, Finlay, master, was lost at Jamaica. Her crew were saved, as were the mails. The packet Princess Amelia took the mails to Falmouth.[6]

Caroline had developed a leak as she set out that immediately overwhelmed the pumps, forcing the crew to abandon her. Princess Amelia, Captain Bryant, sailed from Jamaica on 8 February and arrived at Falmouth on 22 March.[7]

Citations[]

  1. ^ a b c LR (1794), "C" supple. pages.
  2. ^ a b c "Letter of Marque, p.55 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  3. ^ British Southern Whale Fishery Database – Voyages: Caroline.
  4. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Caroline voyage #80740.
  5. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Caroline voyage #80741.
  6. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4137. 27 March 1801. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Ship News". Morning Post and Gazetteer (London, England), 27 March 1801; Issue 10155.
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