Barrosa (1811 Nantes ship)
Barrosa (or Barossa, or Barosa, or Barrossa) was launched at Nantes in 1810 under another name. She was purchased in 1811 as a prize, renamed, and her new owners sailed her as a West Indiaman. A French privateer captured and released her, and a year later an American privateer captured her but the Royal Navy recaptured her.
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Builder: | Nantes |
| Launched: | 1810 |
| Captured: | c.1811 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name: | Barrosa |
| Namesake: | Battle of Barrosa (5 March 1811) |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 199, or 200 (bm) |
| Sail plan: | Brig |
| Armament: | 8 × 6-pounder guns |
Career
Barosa first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) with J.Burry, master, Carr & Co., owners, and trade Cork–Jamaica.[1]
Capture and release: Barossa, Barry, master, arrived at Jamaica on 23 July 1811. On 29 June, as she was sailing from Cork she had encountered the privateer Duc de Dantzig off Ushant. Duc de Dantzig, of 10 guns and 176 men, had plundered Barossa and thrown her guns overboard, and had then let her proceed.[2]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1813 | Barry | Carr & Co. | Cork–London | Register of Shipping |
| 1813 | J.Kelleker | Carr & Co. | Cork–Jamaica | LR |
Capture and recapture: The American privateer Rolla captured Barrossa, Kellicker, master, and Apollo, in 1813 near Teneriffe. Barrossa was sailing from Cork to Jamaica. Apollo, of and from London, was sailing to New Providence. Rolla landed the crews at Tenerife.[3]
The Royal Navy recaptured Barrosa, Kellekher, master, and Eliza, Gibson, master, from Bristol and Madeira to Jamaica, both prizes to Rolla, and sent them into Bermuda.[4][Note 1]
Barrosa was last listed in the Register of Shipping in 1819, but with stale data.
Notes
- Eliza, of 251 tons (bm) was launched at Königsberg in 1804. The entry for her in Lloyd's Register in 1814 carried the annotation "captured".[5]