Dick (1798 ship)

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History
Great Britain
NameDick
BuilderSpain
Acquired1798 by purchase of a prize
FateLast listed in 1809
General characteristics
Tons burthen210,[1] or 211, or 243, or 250, or 251[2] (bm)
Complement
Armament
  • 1798: 20 × 9-pounder guns[2]
  • 1801:20 × 9&6-pounder guns[2]

Dick was a French vessel, almost certainly sailing under another name, built in Spain and captured by the British circa 1798. She made a voyage to the West Indies during which she repelled two attacks, and captured three prizes. She then became a slave ship that made three slave-trading voyages. Her first voyage was cut short when a French privateer captured her and the Royal Navy recaptured her. She then made two complete voyages. After her return in 1803 from her third voyage she became a West Indiaman. She grounded in 1804 after another vessel had run into her. She was last listed in 1809.

Career[]

Dick first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1798.[1]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1798 J.Duck Cullen & Co. Liverpool–Africa LR

Captain Isaac Duck acquired a letter of marque on 5 June 1798.[2]

In March 1799 Lloyd's List (LL) reported that Dick, Duck, master, had come into Gibraltar. She had been on her way to Martinique when she had had to repel an attack by eight gunboats.[3] Dick, Duck, master, arrived at Barbados from Gibraltar and Martinique with three prizes. She then returned to Martinique with her prizes. LL reported in October 1799 that Dick, Duck, master, had arrived back at Liverpool from Martinique after having repelled an attack by a French corvette.[4] The engagement lasted three hour. The underwriters (insurers) of the voyage awarded Captain Duck honorarium of 200 guineas.[5]

1st slave voyage (1800): Captain William Graham sailed from Liverpool on 6 October 1800.[6] On 15 October the French privateer Grande Decide, of 18 guns and 140 men, captured Dick, Graham, master, after a seven hour engagement. Graham and 12 men on Dick were wounded; Grande Decide had 27 men killed and wounded. The next day HMS Clyde and Fisgard recaptured Dick.[7] On 22 October Clyde arrived in Plymouth Sound with the ship Dick, Guineaman, of Liverpool, in tow. Dick had suffered extensive damage in a fight against a French privateer before Clyde was able to recapture her.[8]

2nd slave voyage (1801–1802): Captain John Maginnis acquired a letter of marque on 1 January 1801.[2] Dick sailed from Liverpool on 9 March, bound for the Congo River. She acquired slaves first at Iles de Los, and then at Cape Mount. Her principal place of slave purchase was the Congo River, her third purchase location. Dick arrived at Trinidad on 18 February 1802 with 172 slaves. She sailed from Trinidad on 16 March and arrived back at Liverpool on 27 April. She had left Liverpool with 46 crew members and had 22 when she arrived at Trinidad. In all, she suffered 12 deaths on her voyage.[9]

3rd slave voyage (1802–1803): Captain George Irvin sailed from Liverpool on 25 September 1802, bound for West Africa. Dick arrived at Suriname on 27 April 1803, and arrived back at Liverpool on 27 August. She had left Liverpool with 27 crew members and suffered 13 crew deaths on her voyage.[10] She had been sold in Surname.[11] Before she arrived at Liverpool, though, she stopped at Bearhaven.

New owners employed Dick as a West Indiaman.

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1804 Irvine
J.Robertson 		Mather & Co. Liverpool–Africa
Liverpool–St Vincent 		Register of Shipping; good repairs 1800 & 1802, & damages repaired 1804

Dick, Robertson, master, ended up on Sandwich Flats in January 1804 on her way from London to St Vincents after William and Henry had run run into her as Dick was anchored in the Downs. Dick was gotten off and came into Ramsgate.[12]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1805 J.Robertson Charlton London–St Vincent LR

Fate[]

Dick was last listed in 1809. However, she did not appear in LL's ship arrival and departure data after 1804.

Citations[]

  1. ^ a b LR (1798), Seq.No.D253/
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Letter of Marque, p.58 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  3. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 3060. 19 March 1799. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  4. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4008. 22 October 1799. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  5. ^ Multiple News Items, 25 August 1804. Morning Post (London, England) Issue: 11192.
  6. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Dick voyage #81031.
  7. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4006. 15 October 1800. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  8. ^ "No. 15304". The London Gazette. 21 October 1800. p. 1206.
  9. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Dick voyage #18243.
  10. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Dick voyage #81032.
  11. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4365. 8 July 1803. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  12. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4421. 24 January 1804. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
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