Highlander (1805 ship)
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Name | Highlander |
Builder | Sunderland,[1] or Scotland[2] |
Launched | 1805,[1] or 1806[2] |
Captured | March 1807 |
Fate | Wrecked 1809 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 341,[2] or 347[1] (bm) |
Complement | 30–35 |
Armament | 10 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 12-pounder carronades |
Highlander was launched at Sunderland in 1805 as a West Indiaman, trading with Demerara. She was captured in 1807, returned to British ownership, and was wrecked in 1809.
Career[]
She first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1806.[1]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
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1806 | Stevenson | M'Inroy | Greenock–Demerara | LR |
1807 | Stevenson | M'Naught | Liverpool–Demerara | LR |
On 14 March 1807 while returning to England from Demerara, Highlander encountered the French privateer Alerte, Captain Moreau, of twenty-two 8-pounder guns and 150 men, which captured her. Highlander arrived at Guadeloupe on 30 March.[3]
Lieutenant George Augustus Westphal was a passenger on Highlander, being invalided home from service on HMS Demerara. On the way he trained Highlander's crew in gunnery. When Alerte approached, he commanded Highlander's crew in her resistance to the privateer. Highlander was able to repel three attempts to board but had to strike after a fourth attempt succeeded. Highlander had suffered five men killed and seven wounded, including Westphal and her mate.[4]
LR for 1808 carried the annotation "capt" beneath her name.[5] The issue for 1809 had the same annotation, but also showed a change of owner, master, and trade, suggesting that somehow came back into British ownership.[6]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
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1809 | Stevenson Cooper |
M'Naught Stewart & Co. |
Liverpool–Demerara Greenock–New Brunswick |
LR |
1809 | J.Cooper | Stewart & Co. | Greenock–New Brunswick | LR |
1810 | J.Cooper | R.Stuart | Liverpool–America | RS |
Fate[]
Highlander, Cooper, master, from the Clyde, was lost at New Brunswick.[7] The Register of Shipping (RS) for 1810 carried the annotation "LOST" by her name.[2]
Citations and references[]
Citations
- ^ a b c d LR (1806), Supple. pages "H", Seq.No.H26.
- ^ a b c d RS (1810), Seq.No.H515.
- ^ "WEST INDIA SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE". 30 May 1807. Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh, Scotland), Issue: 13324.
- ^ Marshall (1830), pp. 185–186.
- ^ LR (1808), Seq.No.H501.
- ^ LR (1809), Seq.No.H467.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4419. 2 January 1809. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
References
- Marshall, John (1823–1835). . Royal Naval Biography. Vol. Sup part 4. London: Longman and company. pp. 185–200.
- 1805 ships
- Age of Sail merchant ships of England
- Captured ships
- Maritime incidents in 1808