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'''''Allison''''' was launched in France in 1776, almost certainly under another name. The British captured her in 1795. Between 1796 and 1799 she made two [[whale hunting|whaling]] voyages to the |
'''''Allison''''' was launched in France in 1776, almost certainly under another name. The British captured her in 1795. Between 1796 and 1799 she made two [[whale hunting|whaling]] voyages to the British [[Whaling in the United Kingdom#The southern whale fishery|southern whale fishery]]. Then between 1799 and 1807 she made three voyages as a [[slave ship]] in the [[triangular trade]] in enslaved people. Between the first and the second a French privateer captured her, but British letters of marque recaptured her. The British slave trade was abolished in 1807 and thereafter ''Allison'' traded primarily as a coaster. After about 1840 she began to trade to America and Africa. She was lost c.1846. |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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===Whaling voyages=== |
===Whaling voyages=== |
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'''1st whaling voyage (1796–1797):''' Captain James Birnie sailed from England in 1796, bound for the coast of East Africa. ''Allison'' was at Rio de Janeiro in April 1796. ''Allison'', of Bristol, Bernie, master, was at the Cape of Good Hope on 8 November.<ref>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c3049069?urlappend=%3Bseq=31 |
'''1st whaling voyage (1796–1797):''' Captain James Birnie sailed from England in 1796, bound for the coast of East Africa. ''Allison'' was at Rio de Janeiro in April 1796. ''Allison'', of Bristol, Bernie, master, was at the Cape of Good Hope on 8 November.<ref>''[[Lloyd's List]]'' [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c3049069?urlappend=%3Bseq=31 №2897.]</ref> She returned to England on 19 December 1797.<ref name=bswf>[https://whalinghistory.org/bv/voyages/ British Southern Whale Fishery voyages: ''Allison''].</ref>{{sfnp|Clayton|2014|p=51}} |
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'''2nd whaling voyage (1796–1797):''' Captain Thaddeus Luce sailed from England in 1798. ''Allison'' returned to England on 15 February 1799.<ref name=bswf/> |
'''2nd whaling voyage (1796–1797):''' Captain Thaddeus Luce sailed from England in 1798. ''Allison'' returned to England on 15 February 1799.<ref name=bswf/>{{sfnp|Clayton|2014|p=51}}{{efn|Luce captained {{ship||Robust|1782 ship|2}} on a whaling voyage just before taking over command of ''Allison''.}} |
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===Voyages transporting enslaved people=== |
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===Slaving voyages=== |
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'''1st voyage transporting enslaved people (1799–1800):''' Captain Jesse Topping acquired a [[letter of marque]] on 10 July 1799.<ref name=LoM/> He sailed from Liverpool on 26 August, bound for West Central Africa and [[Saint Helena|St. Helena]].<ref name=TAST80197/> In 1799, 156 vessels sailed from English ports, bound for Africa to acquire and transport enslaved people; 134 of these vessels sailed from Liverpool.{{sfnp|Williams|1897|p=680}} |
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''Allison'' arrived in the West Indies on 14 July 1800, landing slaves at Martinique, but primarily at Kingston, Jamaica. In all she landed 375 slaves. She left Kingston on 10 October and arrived back at Liverpool on 23 December. She had left with a crew of 47 men and suffered 10 crew deaths on the voyage.<ref name=TAST80197>[https://www.slavevoyages.org/voyage/80197/variables Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – ''Allison'' voyage #80197.]</ref> |
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⚫ | '''Capture and recapture:''' Between her first and second |
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⚫ | '''Capture and recapture:''' Between her first and second voyages transporting enslaved people, ''Allison'' sailed between Liverpool and Newfoundland. Captain Robert Burn acquired a letter of marque on 31 March 1801.<ref name=LoM/> ''Lloyd's List'' reported on 17 November 1801 that ''Allison'' had been captured while sailing from Newfoundland to the West Indies, but that {{ship||Beaver|1796 ship|2}} and {{ship||Otter|1797 ship|2}} had recaptured her and sent her into Suriname.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Marine List |work=Lloyd's List |issue=4204 |date=17 November 1801 |hdl=2027/uc1.c2735020?urlappend=%3Bseq=189 }}</ref> Both ''Beaver'' and ''Otter'' were slave ships sailing under letters of marque. |
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'''2nd voyage transporting enslaved people (1803–1805):''' Captain James Thompson acquired a letter of marque on 24 September 1803.<ref name=LoM/> He sailed from London 3 October.<ref name=TAST80198>[https://www.slavevoyages.org/voyage/80198/variables Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – ''Allison'' voyage #80198.]</ref> In 1803, 99 vessels sailed from English ports, bound for Africa to acquire and transport enslaved people; 15 of these vessels sailed from Liverpool.{{sfnp|Williams|1897|p=680}} |
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⚫ | On 27 December she was at {{coord|48|24|N|11|32|W}} when a gale took away her half her rudder and did other damage. In early January ''Allison'' was at [[Minehead]] with a pilot on board for Bristol. ''Allison'' had had to leave the convoy she was in and her escort and make for the nearest port.<ref>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2735021?urlappend=%3Bseq=215 ''Lloyd's List'' №4416.]</ref> ''Allison'' was almost totally rebuilt in 1804. |
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'''3rd voyage transporting enslaved people (1806–1807):''' Captain Diederick Woolbert sailed from London on 18 February 1806, bound for the [[Gold Coast (region)|Gold Coast]].<ref name=TAST80199>[https://www.slavevoyages.org/voyage/80199/variables Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – ''Allison'' voyage #80199.]</ref> |
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''Lloyd's Register'' for 1846 carries the annotation "LOST" by ''Allison''{{'}}s name.<ref name=LR1846>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015065777305?urlappend=%3Bseq=25 ''Lloyd's Register'' (1849), Seq.№A392.]</ref> |
''Lloyd's Register'' for 1846 carries the annotation "LOST" by ''Allison''{{'}}s name.<ref name=LR1846>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015065777305?urlappend=%3Bseq=25 ''Lloyd's Register'' (1849), Seq.№A392.]</ref> |
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* {{cite book | last=Clayton | first=J.M. | title=Ships employed in the South Sea Whale Fishery from Britain: 1775-1815: An alphabetical list of ships | publisher=Jane M. Clayton | year=2014 | isbn=978-1-908616-52-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tzMzAwAAQBAJ }} |
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* {{cite book |last=Williams |first=Gomer |year=1897 |title=History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque: With an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade |publisher=W. Heinemann}} |
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Latest revision as of 21:44, 29 October 2023
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Launched | 1776[1] |
Captured | 1795 |
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Name | Allison |
Owner |
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Acquired | 1795 by purchase of a prize |
Fate | Lost c.1846 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 247,[3] or 250,[4] or 251,[1] or 259[5][4] (bm) |
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Allison was launched in France in 1776, almost certainly under another name. The British captured her in 1795. Between 1796 and 1799 she made two whaling voyages to the British southern whale fishery. Then between 1799 and 1807 she made three voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. Between the first and the second a French privateer captured her, but British letters of marque recaptured her. The British slave trade was abolished in 1807 and thereafter Allison traded primarily as a coaster. After about 1840 she began to trade to America and Africa. She was lost c.1846.
Career
[edit]Allison entered Lloyd's Register in 1795 with Masslin, master, Harvey & Co., owners, and trade Falmouth–Archangel. The entry noted that she was a French prize.[2] The 1796 volume showed her master changing to Bernie and her trade to Bristol–Southern Fishery. It also showed her as being built in 1776.[1]
Whaling voyages
[edit]1st whaling voyage (1796–1797): Captain James Birnie sailed from England in 1796, bound for the coast of East Africa. Allison was at Rio de Janeiro in April 1796. Allison, of Bristol, Bernie, master, was at the Cape of Good Hope on 8 November.[6] She returned to England on 19 December 1797.[7][8]
2nd whaling voyage (1796–1797): Captain Thaddeus Luce sailed from England in 1798. Allison returned to England on 15 February 1799.[7][8][a]
Voyages transporting enslaved people
[edit]1st voyage transporting enslaved people (1799–1800): Captain Jesse Topping acquired a letter of marque on 10 July 1799.[4] He sailed from Liverpool on 26 August, bound for West Central Africa and St. Helena.[5] In 1799, 156 vessels sailed from English ports, bound for Africa to acquire and transport enslaved people; 134 of these vessels sailed from Liverpool.[9]
Allison arrived in the West Indies on 14 July 1800, landing slaves at Martinique, but primarily at Kingston, Jamaica. In all she landed 375 slaves. She left Kingston on 10 October and arrived back at Liverpool on 23 December. She had left with a crew of 47 men and suffered 10 crew deaths on the voyage.[5]
Capture and recapture: Between her first and second voyages transporting enslaved people, Allison sailed between Liverpool and Newfoundland. Captain Robert Burn acquired a letter of marque on 31 March 1801.[4] Lloyd's List reported on 17 November 1801 that Allison had been captured while sailing from Newfoundland to the West Indies, but that Beaver and Otter had recaptured her and sent her into Suriname.[10] Both Beaver and Otter were slave ships sailing under letters of marque.
2nd voyage transporting enslaved people (1803–1805): Captain James Thompson acquired a letter of marque on 24 September 1803.[4] He sailed from London 3 October.[11] In 1803, 99 vessels sailed from English ports, bound for Africa to acquire and transport enslaved people; 15 of these vessels sailed from Liverpool.[9]
On 27 December she was at 48°24′N 11°32′W / 48.400°N 11.533°W when a gale took away her half her rudder and did other damage. In early January Allison was at Minehead with a pilot on board for Bristol. Allison had had to leave the convoy she was in and her escort and make for the nearest port.[12] Allison was almost totally rebuilt in 1804.
Allison acquired captives at Accra and arrived at Demerara on 8 April 1805. There she disembarked 275 captives. At some point M. Roberts replaced Thompson, and (John?) Marman replaced Roberts. She left for London on 11 May.[11]
3rd voyage transporting enslaved people (1806–1807): Captain Diederick Woolbert sailed from London on 18 February 1806, bound for the Gold Coast.[3]
Allison acquired captives at Cape Coast Castle and Accra, and left Africa on 22 August. She arrived at Kingston, Jamaica, on 27 November. There she landed 186 captives. She left Kingston on 17 May 1807, and arrived back at London on 18 July 1807.[3]
Trading
[edit]Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source and notes |
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1810 | Guthrie | T&R Brown | London transport | Register of Shipping (RS); almost totally rebuilt 1804 |
1814 | Guthrie Maxwell |
T&R Brown | London transport London |
RS; almost rebuilt 1804 |
1820 | Maxwell | T&R Brown | Southampton–London | RS; almost rebuilt 1804 |
On 14 May 1823 Allison, Dixon, master, was coming from Jarrow Steath into Newcastle when she got stuck in sand. She sustained so much damage that she had to transfer her cargo to Mercury, Campbell, master, in order to be able to go into the dock for repairs.[13]
On 12 to 14 October 1824 Allison, Dixon, master, was at Hartlepool when a gale hit the coasts of England. She was one of many vessels driven on shore.[14]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source and notes |
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1825 | Dixon Hogarth |
T&R Brown | Newcastle–London | RS; almost rebuilt 1804, & large repairs 1821 and 1823 |
1830 | Johnson Waugh |
T&R Brown | London coaster | RS; thorough repair 1821, damages repaired 1823, & almost rebuilt 1829 |
1835 | Watts | Lloyd's Register (LR); Homeport Newcastle | ||
1840 | W. Brown | Nicolle & Co. | Shields–London Shields–America |
LR; small repair 1837 & large repair 1839 |
1845 | J. Digby Turner |
Nichol & Co. C. Rayne |
Shields–America Shields–Africa |
LR;large repair 1839, damages repaired 1843, & small repair 1844 |
1846 | Turner | C. Rayne | Shields–Africa | LR;large repair 1839, damages repaired 1843, & small repair 1844 |
Fate
[edit]Lloyd's Register for 1846 carries the annotation "LOST" by Allison's name.[15]
Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ a b c Lloyd's Register (1796), Seq.№A249.
- ^ a b Lloyd's Register (1795), "A" Supple. pages, Seq.№A658.
- ^ a b c Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Allison voyage #80199.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Letter of Marque, p.49 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ^ a b c Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Allison voyage #80197.
- ^ Lloyd's List №2897.
- ^ a b British Southern Whale Fishery voyages: Allison.
- ^ a b Clayton (2014), p. 51.
- ^ a b Williams (1897), p. 680.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4204. 17 November 1801. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735020.
- ^ a b Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Allison voyage #80198.
- ^ Lloyd's List №4416.
- ^ Lloyd's List №5803.
- ^ Lloyd's List №5951.
- ^ Lloyd's Register (1849), Seq.№A392.
References
[edit]- Clayton, J.M. (2014). Ships employed in the South Sea Whale Fishery from Britain: 1775-1815: An alphabetical list of ships. Jane M. Clayton. ISBN 978-1-908616-52-4.
- Williams, Gomer (1897). History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque: With an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade. W. Heinemann.