Quaker (1793 ship)

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History
Great Britain
NameQuaker
BuilderTynemouth[1]
Launched1793[1]
Captured1795, 1798
FateWrecked December 1806
General characteristics
Tons burthen199,[1][2] or 200,[3] or 201[4] (bm)
Complement
Armament
  • 1793:14 × 6&4-pounder guns[2]
  • 1798:12 × 6-pounder guns
  • 1805:8 × 4&6-pounder guns

Quaker was launched at Tynemouth in 1793 as a West Indiaman. The French captured her in 1795 but in a process that is currently obscure she returned to British ownership. In 1797 she became a slave ship, sailing out of Liverpool. On her first slave voyage the French captured after she had gathered her slaves, but the British Royal Navy recaptured her. She resumed her voyage but before she could deliver her slaves the French captured her again. She returned to British ownership in 1805, but wrecked in December 1806.

Career[]

Quaker first entered Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1794.[1]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1794 T.Branett Blackman Tynemouth–Barbados LR
1794 T.Burnett Blackman Tynemouth–Barbados LR

Captain Thomas Burnet acquired a letter of marque on 9 December 1793.[2][a]

Lloyd's List (LL) reported on 4 February 1794 that Quaker, Burnett, master, from Cork to Barbados, had arrived at Penzance having lost her bowsprit, sails, etc., and having had to throw some of her cargo overboard.[5] She had sailed from Cork on 26 January. Then about two months later, LL reported that Union, of Boston, had arrived at Cowes from Brest with the news that Quaker, Burnett, master, from Cork to Barbados, "was carried into that port."[6]

It is not clear whether the report was in error, or whether Quaker returned to British ownership by recapture, or other means.

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1796 T.Burnett
D.Roberts 		Blackman
P.Branker 		Teignmouth–Barbados
Liverpool–Africa 		LR
1798 D.Roberts P.Branker Liverpool–Africa LR

Captain James Robertson sailed from Liverpool on 17 January 1797. Quaker gathered her slaves at Anomabu and Whydah.[4] Lloyd's List reported on 29 December 1797 that Quaker, Robertson, master, of Liverpool, had been reported off Whydah by "Renoir's Squadron".[7] A later report confirmed the vessel and location.[8] A report in March stated that Quaker, of Liverpool, with 350 slaves, and African Queen, of Bristol, Buckle, master, had been retaken on the coast of Africa.[9]

African Queen was on a trading voyage to Africa, not on a slaving voyage, and returned to Bristol. Quaker continued her slave trading voyage, sailing to the West Indies, but apparently with a new master.

Quaker's recaptors were HMS Daedalus and Hornet, and she was one of six ships that they captured or recaptured off Gorée. The notice in the London Gazette described Quaker as "late of Liverpool". She was of 260 tons, 10 guns and a crew of 36. She was trading on the coast and had a cargo of merchandise and 337 slaves.[10]

The next report in Lloyd's List was that Quaker, Jones, master, from Africa to Saint Kitts, had been taken and sent into Guadaloupe.[11]

Quaker reappeared in LR in 1805.[3] Again, it is currently unclear by what process she had returned to British ownership.

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1805 J.Irvin Captain Bristol–Honduras LR

Fate[]

Quaker sailed to Honduras, from Honduras to New York, and then from New York to London. On 16 December 1806 Lloyd's List reported that Quaker, Irwin, master, had been lost on the Margate Sand. Her crew and part of her cargo had been saved.[12]

Notes and citations[]

Notes

  1. ^ Thomas Burnett transferred to Quaker from an earlier Quaker.

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d LR (1794), "Q" supple. pages, Seq.№Q3.
  2. ^ a b c d "Letter of Marque, p.83 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b LR (1805), Supple. pages "Q", Seq.No.Q1.
  4. ^ a b c Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Quaker voyage #83256.
  5. ^ LL 4 February 1794, №2583.
  6. ^ LL 4 April 1794, №2600.
  7. '^ LL 29 December 1797, №2977.
  8. ^ LL 19 January 1798, №2981.
  9. ^ LL 9 March 1798, №2985.
  10. ^ "No. 14096". The London Gazette. 6 March 1798. p. 205.
  11. ^ LL 17 April 1798, №2994.
  12. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4109. 16 December 1806. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
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