Fame (1779 ship)
| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name: | Fame |
| Owner: | |
| Builder: | Hillhouse, Bristol[4] |
| Launched: | 1779 |
| Fate: | Last listed in Lloyd's Register in 1807 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 420,[5] or 450[1][4], or 454[6] (bm) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Armament: | |
| Notes: | Three decks |
Fame was built at Bristol in 1779 as a West Indiaman. Between 1797 and 1799 she made one or two voyages to India for the British East India Company (EIC). She then made two voyages to Africa as a slave ship. On her return from Africa she resumed her trading with Jamaica. She is last listed in Lloyd's Register in 1807.
Career
Fame enters Lloyd's Register in 1779 with J. Burrows, master, and trade Bristol transport.[1] In 1782 her master changed from Burrows to J. Aldis, and her owner from A. Clibbourn to Long & Co. Her trade remained Bristol to Jamaica.[2] In 1789 her master was J. Aldis, changing to J. Carr, her owner Long & Co., and her trade London—Jamaica.[8]
In 1796 Calvert & Co. purchased Fame from Long & Co.[3] In connection with the transfer of ownership, Fame underwent a thorough repair.[5]
EIC voyage(s): Captain Henry Liddell sailed from Portsmouth on 31 July 1796, bound for Madras and Calcutta. Fame reached Vizagaptam on 12 January 1797, and arrived at Calcutta on 10 February. On her homeward journey she was at Simon's Bay on 22 July, reached Saint Helena on 11 September, and arrived at Erith on 19 September.[9] Another report has Fame, Captain Henry Liddell, sailing to Madras and Calcutta between 22 February 1796 and 18 December 1797, and then sailing Bombay and Bengal between 22 March 1798 and 30 April 1799.[4] A third source has Fame, Richard Owen, master, returning from Bombay on 3 May 1799.[10]
Slave-trading voyages: A database of slave-trading voyages reports that Fame made two such voyages. The first, in 1800, saw Captain Diedrick Woolbert gathering slaves on the Gold Coast and carrying them to British Guiana. On the second voyage, in 1802, Captain Woolbert, succeeded by Captain Jameson, again gathered slaves on the Gold Coast, but this time delivered them to Cuba.[11]
The table below comes primarily from Lloyd's Register ("LR"), though it also contains information from the Register of Shipping where volumes are available and provide information that is different from that in Lloyd's Register. Entries in either register are only as accurate as owners chose to make them.
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1795 | J. Aldis | Long & Co. | London—Jamaica | LR |
| 1796 | J. Aldis H. Liddell |
Long & Co. Calvert & Co. |
London—Jamaica London—(illegible) |
LR |
| 1797 | H. Liddell | Calvert & Co. | London—East Indies | LR |
| 1798 | H.Liddell R. Owen |
Calvert & Co. | London—India | LR |
| 1799 | R.Owen Jameson Woolbert |
Calvert & Co. | London—India Cork transport |
LR |
| 1800 | Jameson Woolburt |
Calvert & Co. | London transport | RS |
| 1800 | Woolbert | Calvert & Co. | London—Africa | LF |
| 1801 | Woolbert | Calvert & Co. | London—Africa | RS |
| 1801 | Woolbert | Calvert & Co. | London—Africa | LR |
| 1802 | Woolbert | Calvert & Co. | London—Africa | RS |
| 1802 | Woolbert | Calvert & Co. | London—Africa | LR |
| 1804 | Woolbert | Calvert & Co. | London—Jamaica | RS |
| 1804 | Woolbert | Calvert & Co. | London—Africa | LR |
| 1805 | Woolbert | Calvert & Co. | London—Jamaica | RS |
| 1805 | Woolbert | Calvert & Co. | London—Africa | LR |
Citations and references
Citations
- 1 2 3 4 Lloyd's Register (1779), Seq. №F388.
- 1 2 3 Lloyd's register (1782), Seq. №F10.
- 1 2 Lloyd's Register (1796), Seq. №F25.
- 1 2 3 Hackman (2001), p.231.
- 1 2 lloyd's Register (1797), №F54.
- ↑ Register of Shipping (1800), Seq.№F227.
- ↑ Lloyd's Register (1800), Seq.№F54.
- ↑ Lloyd's Register (1789), Seq.№F14.
- ↑ [http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS045-001114993 British Library: British Library: Fame (2).
- ↑ Hardy (1800), p.223.
- ↑ Thomas Cozens: London Slave Ship Voyages Database
References
- Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
- Hardy, Charles (1800), A Register of Ships, Employed in the Service of the Hon. the United East India Company, from the Union of the Two Companies, in 1707, to the Year 1760: Specifying the Number of Voyages, Tonnage, Commanders, and Stations. To which is Added, from the Latter Period to the Present Time, the Managing Owners, Principal Officers, Surgeons, and Pursers; with the Dates of Their Sailing and Arrival: Also, an Appendix, Containing Many Particulars, Interesting to Those Concerned in the East India Commerce.