Fortune (1799 ship)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Fortune |
| Launched | Holland |
| Acquired | 1799 by purchase of a prize |
| Fate | Lost 1803 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 296,[1] or 337,[2] or 397[3] (bm) |
Fortune was a Dutch vessel, taken in prize c.1799. She became a merchantman that sailed between Liverpool and Denmark–Norway, or Bremen. She made one voyage as a whaler to Greenland, and was lost in 1803.
Career[]
Fortune first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1799.[1]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1796 | W.Garner | J.Garbers | Liverpool–Bremen | LR |
| 1801 | W.Garner Snowdon |
J.Garbers Humble |
Liverpool–Bremen Liverpool–Elsinore |
LR; damages repaired 1801 |
| 1802 | R.Snowdon | S.Humble S.Holland |
Liverpool–Elsinore | LR; damages repaired 1801 |
| 1803 | R.Snowdon William Jameson |
S.Holland | Liverpool–Narva | LR; damages repaired 1801 |
| 1804 | W.Jameson | S.Holland | Liverpool–Greenland | LR; damages repaired 1801 |
Fortune caught one whale in the Greenland whale fishery in 1803.
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1804 | Lightly | Humble | Liverpool–Davis Strait | RS; new deck and damages repaired 1802 |
Fate[]
Fortune, Leightly, of Liverpool, was reported in November 1803 to have been lost near Narva.[4] Her entry in the 1804 issue of the Register of Shipping carried the annotation "Lost".[5]
Citations[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b ''LR (1799), Seq.No.F479.
- ^ LR (1801), Seq.No.F330.
- ^ LR (1802), Seq.No.F411.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (4405). 25 November 1803. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ RS (1804), Seq.NO.F413.
Categories:
- 1799 ships
- Captured ships
- Age of Sail merchant ships of England
- Whaling ships
- Maritime incidents in 1803