Sally (1782 ship)

Sally was launched in 1782 at Liverpool as a West Indiaman. She made one voyage as a whaler and one as an East Indiaman sailing to Bengal under charter to the British East India Company (EIC). After a storm damaged her in 1805 as she was on her way in 1805 from Liverpool to Africa as a slave ship she had to put into Barbados where she was condemned.

For other ships with the same name, see Sally (ship).

History
Great Britain
Name: Sally
Builder: Liverpool[1]
Launched: 1782[1]
Fate: Condemned 1805
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 459,[2] or 500[1] (bm)
Complement:
Armament:
  • 1782:22 × 12-pounder guns + 8 × 12-pounder guns "of the New Construction"[1]
  • 1794:18 × 9-pounder guns[2]
  • 1795:18 × 9-pounder guns[2]
  • 1795:20 × 9-pounder guns[2]

Career

Sally first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1782 with J.Corning, master, changing to J.Corbett, J.Chorley & Co., owners, and trade Liverpool–Tortola.[1]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1783 J.Corbett
J.Woods		 J.Chorley Liverpool–Tortola LR
1792 J.Woods
J.Meader		 J.Chorley Liverpool–Southern Fishery LR

Whaling voyage (1791–1792): Captain John Meader sailed from Liverpool in 1791 (probably on 29 March 1791), bound for Walvis Bay. Sally returned on 19 November 1792.[3]

After Sally returned from whaling, Captain John Woods resumed command. On 11 January 1794 Captain John Woods acquired a letter of marque.[2]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1794 J.Woods J.Chorley Liverpool–Tortola LR; repairs 1790 and 1792

EIC voyage (1795–1796): Captain Robert Brown acquired a letter of marque on 7 August 1795. Before she sailed, Sally underwent repairs. Sally sailed from Liverpool on 7 September, bound for Bengal. She was at Rio de Janeiro on 14 November, and arrived at Calcutta on 24 February 1796. Homeward bound, she was at Culpee on 2 April, reached St Helena on 23 July and Crookhave on 27 November, before arriving at the Downs on 12 December.[4]

After Sally returned to England, Captain John Woods resumed command. He acquired a letter of marque on 12 January 1798.[2]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1797 J.Brown
J.Woods		 J.Chorley Liverpool–Bengal
Liverpool–Tortola		 LR; repairs 1790, 1792, & 1795
1800 J.Woods J.Chorley Liverpool–Tortola LR; repairs 1790, 1792, & 1795
1805 J.Thompson
C.Kincale		 Holind & Co. Cork
Liverpool–Africa		 LR; repairs 1790, 1792, & 1795

Fate

Captain Charles Kneale sailed Sally from Liverpool on 5 August 1805. The Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database states that she was "shipwrecked or destroyed, before slaves embarked".[5] Lloyd's List (LL) reported on 10 December that Sally, Neale, master, from Liverpool to Africa, had put into Barbados dis-masted and that she had been condemned.[6]

Citations and references

Citations

  1. LR (1782), Seq.№S630.
  2. "Letter of Marque, p.85 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  3. British Southern Whale Fishery – Voyages: '"Sally.
  4. British Library: Sally.
  5. Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Sally voyage #83492.
  6. LL 10 December 105 №4278.

References

  • Clayton, Jane M (2014). Ships employed in the South Sea Whale Fishery from Britain: 1775–1815: An alphabetical list of ships. Berforts Group. ISBN 9781908616524.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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