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HMS Shark (1776)

October 29, 2023

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Shark, HMS Salamander, and Salamander (ship).

The British Royal Navy purchased HMS Shark on the stocks in 1775. She was launched in 1776, and in 1778 converted to a fireship and renamed HMS Salamander. The Navy sold her in 1783. She then became the mercantile Salamander. In the 1780s she was in the northern whale fishery. In 1791 she transported convicts to Australia. She then became a whaling ship in the southern whale fishery for a number of years, before becoming a general transport and then a slave ship. In 1804 the French captured her, but the Royal Navy recaptured her. Although she is last listed in 1811, she does not appear in Lloyd's List (LL) ship arrival and departure (SAD) data after 1804.

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Shark
BuilderRandall, Rotherhithe
LaunchedMarch 1776
Acquired1775 by purchase on the stocks
RenamedHMS Salamander
FateSold August 1783
Great Britain
NameSalamander
Owner
  • Peter & Robert Mellish (Mellish & Co.)[1]
  • 1803-4:Carver & Co.,[2] or Calvert & Co.
AcquiredBy purchase c.1783
FateNo longer listed in 1812
General characteristics
Tons burthen303,[3] or 309,[1] or 313,[4] or 319,[5] or 320,[6] or 342[5][a] (bm)
Length96 ft 3 in (29.3 m) (overall); 78 ft 4 in (23.9 m) (keel)
Beam27 ft 5 in (8.4 m)
Draught9 ft 0 in (2.7 m)
Sail plan
Complement
Armament
  • 1776: 16 guns[4]
  • 1799:14 × 6-pounder and 9-pounder guns[5]
  • 1804: 10 × 9-pounder guns[5]
  • 1806: 12 × 6-pounder guns[7]

Royal Navy edit

The Navy purchased Shark on the stocks in November 1775 and launched her on 9 March 1776. She was commissioned under Commander John Chapman. She sailed to the Leeward Island on 26 May 1776. On 27 July 1776 Shark had a sharp but inconclusive encounter with the USS Reprisal. Vice-admiral James Young sent her back to England in April 1777, together with Comet, as escorts to a convoy that also included Yarmouth, which Young was sending back for repairs following her engagement with the American privateer Randolph.[8] She returned to the Leeward Islands, leaving Britain on 27 July 1777. The Navy converted Shark to a fireship and renamed her Salamander on 23 July 1778.

Commander James Kinneer commissioned Salamander in November 1778 for Admiral Hardy's fleet. In September 1779 Commander the Hon. Seymour Finch replaced Kinneer. On 28 May 1780 Finch Salamander sailed for the Leeward Islands. In February 1781 Commander R. H. Hichens replaced Finch.[9] In a case that went all the way to the Lords of Appeal, Salamander was among the vessels entitled to share in the prize money for the capture of the island of Saint Eustatius in February 1781.[10]

Commander the Honourable Henry Edwyn Stanhope replaced Hichens in around April. Stanhope was promoted post-captain on 16 June and replaced by Commander Edward Bowater on 5 September. Although she was assigned to Sir George Brydges Rodney's division, she did not participate in the action at the Battle of the Chesapeake.[11] In March 1782 Commander Richard Lucas replaced Bowater on the Leeward Islands stations, but one month later Commander Henry Deacon replaced Lucas on the Jamaica station.[9] Salamander shared with Triton in the proceeds of the French sloop Prince of Orange, captured in March 1782 at Saint Lucia.[12]

The Navy then sold Salamander on 14 August 1783.[9]

Mercantile service edit

Northern whale fisheries (1784–1790): Salamander appeared in the 1786 Lloyd's Register (LR) with T. Ash, master, and P. Mellish, owner. Her trade was London-Greenland.[13] That is, she was engaged in the Greenland whale fishery. Already in 1784 she was reported to have taken "3 fish" (whales).[14] In August 1786 Salamander, Ash, master, was off Whitby with eight fish, returning from Greenland.[15] In July 1787, Salamander, Ash (or Ashton), master, was reported to have taken two fish,[16] at Davis Strait. In June 1788, "Salamander, of London", was reported to have no fish.[17] Still, Salamander, Paterson, master, returned to London with three fish.[18]

Convict transport (1791): Under the command of John Nichol, master, Salamander was part of the Third Fleet, which transported convicts to Australia. She departed Portsmouth on 27 March 1791 and arrived on 21 August 1791 in Port Jackson, New South Wales.[6] She embarked 160 male convicts, five of whom died during the voyage.[19]

She left Port Jackson on 4 September 1791 for Norfolk Island and on the voyage was the first known vessel to enter Port Stephens. Salamander Point (now Nelson Head and Fly Point), Salamander Bay (now Nelson Bay), the present Salamander Bay and associated suburb were named after her.

Southern whale fisheries (1791–1793): Salamander then became a whaler in the South Pacific. Not having much luck she sailed on to Peru.[20] She was reported off the coast there in November 1792 with 30 tons of sperm oil. On 30 March 1793 she was "all well" at 33°0′N 37°0′W / 33.000°N 37.000°W / 33.000; -37.000 with 132 barrels of sperm oil and 6000 seal skins. She returned to England on 15 September 1793 with 117 tuns of sperm oil and 6100 seal skins,[3] having come via St Salvadore.[21]

Southern whale fisheries (1794–1796): Under the command of Captain William Irish, on 9 February 1794 Salamander sailed again for the New South Wales fishery.[3] By May she was at Rio de Janeiro, where she underwent repairs and calefaction. She was in Rio again in May two years later, replenishing her supplies.[20] She returned to Britain on 2 September 1796 with 141 tuns of sperm oil, seven tuns of whale oil, five cwt of bone, and 250 seal skins.[3]

Transport (1797–1799): SAD data shows that the "Salamander transport" sailed from Yarmouth on 17 June 1797, bound for the West Indies. She was later reported at Barbados and Jamaica. The "Salamander (Transport)" returned from Jamaica, arriving at Gravesend on 27 July 1799.[22]

Southern whale fisheries (1800–1801): Salamander underwent a "good repair" in 1799. Captain Thomas Hopper then received a letter of marque on 13 December for Salamander.[5] The Protection Lists, which exempted the crews of certain classes of vessels, such as whalers, from impressment, listed her from 1798 to 1800.[20] She sailed in 1800 for the Brazil Banks.[3][b] She stopped in at Rio de Janeiro in May 1800 seeking repairs after having been attacked. She was reported off the Cape of Good Hope on 4 April 1801 on her way to the Cape of Good Hope for the condemnation of a small Spanish prize Salamander had taken off the Brazilian coast. At the time Salamander had 150 tons of whale oil.[24] On 2 October 1801 Salamander was at St Helena. She then returned to England on 8 November.[3]

Lloyd's Register for 1802 listed Salamander as a London-based transport, with Hutchins, master, and still under the ownership of Mellish & Co. There was no mention of armament.[1] She underwent another "good repair" that year.

1st enslaving voyage (1802–1803): A database of enslaving voyages shows that Salamander became an enslaving ship with William Jameson, master and Anthony Calvert, owner. Captain William Jameson sailed from London on 11 October 1802, bound for West Africa. Because she sailed during the short-lived Peace of Amiens Jameson did not acquire a letter of marque. Salamander stated acquiring captive at Cape Coast Castle on 12 December 1802. She delivered 313 captives to Havana on 1 May 1803. She arrived back at London on 26 August 1803.[25]

2nd enslaving voyage (1804): Lloyd's Register for 1804 showed Salamander's ownership had changed to Carver & Co., her master to Walbert, and her trade to London-Africa.[2] Captain Derick Woolbert acquired a letter of marque on 17 February 1804.[5] He sailed from London on 4 March 1804.[26]

Despite her armament and letter of marque, Salamander was captured in 1804, recaptured, and taken into Barbados.[27]

The French privateer Grand Décidé, of 20 guns and 153 men, captured Princess Royal, a brig privateer of 10 guns, which was carrying government stores. Grande Decide manned Princess Royal, and on 22 September she captured Salamander after a "smart action".[28] Grand Décidé put 95 captives from Salamander on Princess Royal, and took 134 captives.[29] Grand Décidé then sent Salamander and two other Guineamen to Basse-Terre, Guadaloupe.[28]

When HMS Heureux recaptured the "English Ship Salamander - (a Guineaman)",[30] Salamander had only five captives aboard. Princess Royal too was recaptured, by HMS Curieux,[30] and arrived at Barbados on 13 October.[29]

Subsequent career: After 1804 Salamander disappeared from newspaper mentions in "Ship News" sections, particularly of ship arrivals and departures. From 1805 on, Lloyd's Register had an unchanged entry showing Wolbert, master, Calvert & Co., owner, and trade London-Africa. The database of slave voyages, however, has no further record of such voyages, and Britain abolished the slave trade in 1807. The entry continues unchanged through 1811. Salamander was no longer listed in 1812. With minor differences, the same holds true for the entry in the Register of Shipping.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Calculation using the dimensions for her length overall and beam yields a burthen of 319 tons.
  2. ^ The Brazil Banks are the edge of the continental shelf to the east and south of latitude 16°S of the coast of South America.[23]

Citations edit

  1. ^ a b c Lloyd's Register (1802). seq. no. S64.
  2. ^ a b Lloyd's Register (1804), seq. no. S100.
  3. ^ a b c d e f British Southern Whale Fishery Database – voyages: Salamander.
  4. ^ a b Winfield (2007), p. 285.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  6. ^ a b Bateson (1959), pp. 115–6.
  7. ^ Register of Shipping (1806), Seq. №76.
  8. ^ Crawford et al. (2013), p. 58.
  9. ^ a b c "NMM, vessel ID 376502" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol x. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  10. ^ "No. 13810". The London Gazette. 1 September 1795. p. 909.
  11. ^ "No. 12296". The London Gazette. 14 May 1782. pp. 2–3.
  12. ^ "No. 12484". The London Gazette. 14 October 1783. p. 3.
  13. ^ Lloyd's Register (1786), Seq.№S1123.
  14. ^ Lloyd's List, №1587.
  15. ^ "Ship News", Times (London, England), 5 August 1786; pg. 4; Issue 506.
  16. ^ Lloyd's List, №1900.
  17. ^ Lloyd's List, №2002.
  18. ^ "Ship News", Times (London, England), 27 August 1788; pg. 3; Issue 1152.
  19. ^ Bateson (1959), p. 122.
  20. ^ a b c Clayton (2014), p. 214.
  21. ^ "Ship News", Times (London, England), 21 August 1793; pg. 3; Issue 2758.
  22. ^ LL 30 July 1799, №3086, SAD data.
  23. ^ Clayton (2014).
  24. ^ Lloyd's List №4159.
  25. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Salamander voyage #83466.
  26. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Salamander voyage #83467.
  27. ^ Lloyd's List, no.4507.
  28. ^ a b "Ship News", Morning Post (London, England),17 December 1804; Issue 11295.
  29. ^ a b "SHIP NEWS", Morning Chronicle (London, England), 22 November 1804; Issue 11080.
  30. ^ a b "No. 15794". The London Gazette. 2 April 1805. p. 436.

References edit

  • Bateson, Charles (1959). The Convict Ships. Brown, Son & Ferguson. OCLC 3778075.
  • Crawford, Michael J.; Conrad, Dennis Michael; Bowen-Hassell, E. Gordon; Hayes, Mark L. (2013). Naval documents of the American Revolution. Vol. 12. Washington, D.C.: Naval History & Heritage Command (U.S.). ISBN 978-0-945274-72-8. OCLC 1062228651.
  • 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.
  • Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1844157006.

External links edit

  • Salamander

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For other ships with the same name see HMS Shark HMS Salamander and Salamander ship The British Royal Navy purchased HMS Shark on the stocks in 1775 She was launched in 1776 and in 1778 converted to a fireship and renamed HMS Salamander The Navy sold her in 1783 She then became the mercantile Salamander In the 1780s she was in the northern whale fishery In 1791 she transported convicts to Australia She then became a whaling ship in the southern whale fishery for a number of years before becoming a general transport and then a slave ship In 1804 the French captured her but the Royal Navy recaptured her Although she is last listed in 1811 she does not appear in Lloyd s List LL ship arrival and departure SAD data after 1804 HistoryGreat BritainNameHMS SharkBuilderRandall RotherhitheLaunchedMarch 1776Acquired1775 by purchase on the stocksRenamedHMS SalamanderFateSold August 1783Great BritainNameSalamanderOwnerPeter amp Robert Mellish Mellish amp Co 1 1803 4 Carver amp Co 2 or Calvert amp Co AcquiredBy purchase c 1783FateNo longer listed in 1812General characteristicsTons burthen303 3 or 309 1 or 313 4 or 319 5 or 320 6 or 342 5 a bm Length96 ft 3 in 29 3 m overall 78 ft 4 in 23 9 m keel Beam27 ft 5 in 8 4 m Draught9 ft 0 in 2 7 m Sail planHMS Sloop Mercantile Fully rigged shipComplement1799 30 5 1804 34 5 Armament1776 16 guns 4 1799 14 6 pounder and 9 pounder guns 5 1804 10 9 pounder guns 5 1806 12 6 pounder guns 7 Contents 1 Royal Navy 2 Mercantile service 3 Notes 4 Citations 5 References 6 External linksRoyal Navy editThe Navy purchased Shark on the stocks in November 1775 and launched her on 9 March 1776 She was commissioned under Commander John Chapman She sailed to the Leeward Island on 26 May 1776 On 27 July 1776 Shark had a sharp but inconclusive encounter with the USS Reprisal Vice admiral James Young sent her back to England in April 1777 together with Comet as escorts to a convoy that also included Yarmouth which Young was sending back for repairs following her engagement with the American privateer Randolph 8 She returned to the Leeward Islands leaving Britain on 27 July 1777 The Navy converted Shark to a fireship and renamed her Salamander on 23 July 1778 Commander James Kinneer commissioned Salamander in November 1778 for Admiral Hardy s fleet In September 1779 Commander the Hon Seymour Finch replaced Kinneer On 28 May 1780 Finch Salamander sailed for the Leeward Islands In February 1781 Commander R H Hichens replaced Finch 9 In a case that went all the way to the Lords of Appeal Salamander was among the vessels entitled to share in the prize money for the capture of the island of Saint Eustatius in February 1781 10 Commander the Honourable Henry Edwyn Stanhope replaced Hichens in around April Stanhope was promoted post captain on 16 June and replaced by Commander Edward Bowater on 5 September Although she was assigned to Sir George Brydges Rodney s division she did not participate in the action at the Battle of the Chesapeake 11 In March 1782 Commander Richard Lucas replaced Bowater on the Leeward Islands stations but one month later Commander Henry Deacon replaced Lucas on the Jamaica station 9 Salamander shared with Triton in the proceeds of the French sloop Prince of Orange captured in March 1782 at Saint Lucia 12 The Navy then sold Salamander on 14 August 1783 9 Mercantile service editNorthern whale fisheries 1784 1790 Salamander appeared in the 1786 Lloyd s Register LR with T Ash master and P Mellish owner Her trade was London Greenland 13 That is she was engaged in the Greenland whale fishery Already in 1784 she was reported to have taken 3 fish whales 14 In August 1786 Salamander Ash master was off Whitby with eight fish returning from Greenland 15 In July 1787 Salamander Ash or Ashton master was reported to have taken two fish 16 at Davis Strait In June 1788 Salamander of London was reported to have no fish 17 Still Salamander Paterson master returned to London with three fish 18 Convict transport 1791 Under the command of John Nichol master Salamander was part of the Third Fleet which transported convicts to Australia She departed Portsmouth on 27 March 1791 and arrived on 21 August 1791 in Port Jackson New South Wales 6 She embarked 160 male convicts five of whom died during the voyage 19 She left Port Jackson on 4 September 1791 for Norfolk Island and on the voyage was the first known vessel to enter Port Stephens Salamander Point now Nelson Head and Fly Point Salamander Bay now Nelson Bay the present Salamander Bay and associated suburb were named after her Southern whale fisheries 1791 1793 Salamander then became a whaler in the South Pacific Not having much luck she sailed on to Peru 20 She was reported off the coast there in November 1792 with 30 tons of sperm oil On 30 March 1793 she was all well at 33 0 N 37 0 W 33 000 N 37 000 W 33 000 37 000 with 132 barrels of sperm oil and 6000 seal skins She returned to England on 15 September 1793 with 117 tuns of sperm oil and 6100 seal skins 3 having come via St Salvadore 21 Southern whale fisheries 1794 1796 Under the command of Captain William Irish on 9 February 1794 Salamander sailed again for the New South Wales fishery 3 By May she was at Rio de Janeiro where she underwent repairs and calefaction She was in Rio again in May two years later replenishing her supplies 20 She returned to Britain on 2 September 1796 with 141 tuns of sperm oil seven tuns of whale oil five cwt of bone and 250 seal skins 3 Transport 1797 1799 SAD data shows that the Salamander transport sailed from Yarmouth on 17 June 1797 bound for the West Indies She was later reported at Barbados and Jamaica The Salamander Transport returned from Jamaica arriving at Gravesend on 27 July 1799 22 Southern whale fisheries 1800 1801 Salamander underwent a good repair in 1799 Captain Thomas Hopper then received a letter of marque on 13 December for Salamander 5 The Protection Lists which exempted the crews of certain classes of vessels such as whalers from impressment listed her from 1798 to 1800 20 She sailed in 1800 for the Brazil Banks 3 b She stopped in at Rio de Janeiro in May 1800 seeking repairs after having been attacked She was reported off the Cape of Good Hope on 4 April 1801 on her way to the Cape of Good Hope for the condemnation of a small Spanish prize Salamander had taken off the Brazilian coast At the time Salamander had 150 tons of whale oil 24 On 2 October 1801 Salamander was at St Helena She then returned to England on 8 November 3 Lloyd s Register for 1802 listed Salamander as a London based transport with Hutchins master and still under the ownership of Mellish amp Co There was no mention of armament 1 She underwent another good repair that year 1st enslaving voyage 1802 1803 A database of enslaving voyages shows that Salamander became an enslaving ship with William Jameson master and Anthony Calvert owner Captain William Jameson sailed from London on 11 October 1802 bound for West Africa Because she sailed during the short lived Peace of Amiens Jameson did not acquire a letter of marque Salamander stated acquiring captive at Cape Coast Castle on 12 December 1802 She delivered 313 captives to Havana on 1 May 1803 She arrived back at London on 26 August 1803 25 2nd enslaving voyage 1804 Lloyd s Register for 1804 showed Salamander s ownership had changed to Carver amp Co her master to Walbert and her trade to London Africa 2 Captain Derick Woolbert acquired a letter of marque on 17 February 1804 5 He sailed from London on 4 March 1804 26 Despite her armament and letter of marque Salamander was captured in 1804 recaptured and taken into Barbados 27 The French privateer Grand Decide of 20 guns and 153 men captured Princess Royal a brig privateer of 10 guns which was carrying government stores Grande Decide manned Princess Royal and on 22 September she captured Salamander after a smart action 28 Grand Decide put 95 captives from Salamander on Princess Royal and took 134 captives 29 Grand Decide then sent Salamander and two other Guineamen to Basse Terre Guadaloupe 28 When HMS Heureux recaptured the English Ship Salamander a Guineaman 30 Salamander had only five captives aboard Princess Royal too was recaptured by HMS Curieux 30 and arrived at Barbados on 13 October 29 Subsequent career After 1804 Salamander disappeared from newspaper mentions in Ship News sections particularly of ship arrivals and departures From 1805 on Lloyd s Register had an unchanged entry showing Wolbert master Calvert amp Co owner and trade London Africa The database of slave voyages however has no further record of such voyages and Britain abolished the slave trade in 1807 The entry continues unchanged through 1811 Salamander was no longer listed in 1812 With minor differences the same holds true for the entry in the Register of Shipping Notes edit Calculation using the dimensions for her length overall and beam yields a burthen of 319 tons The Brazil Banks are the edge of the continental shelf to the east and south of latitude 16 S of the coast of South America 23 Citations edit a b c Lloyd s Register 1802 seq no S64 a b Lloyd s Register 1804 seq no S100 a b c d e f British Southern Whale Fishery Database voyages Salamander a b Winfield 2007 p 285 a b c d e f g h Letter of Marque p 85 accessed 25 July 2017 PDF Archived from the original PDF on 20 October 2016 Retrieved 27 October 2018 a b Bateson 1959 pp 115 6 Register of Shipping 1806 Seq 76 Crawford et al 2013 p 58 a b c NMM vessel ID 376502 PDF Warship Histories vol x National Maritime Museum Archived from the original PDF on 2 August 2011 Retrieved 30 July 2011 No 13810 The London Gazette 1 September 1795 p 909 No 12296 The London Gazette 14 May 1782 pp 2 3 No 12484 The London Gazette 14 October 1783 p 3 Lloyd s Register 1786 Seq S1123 Lloyd s List 1587 Ship News Times London England 5 August 1786 pg 4 Issue 506 Lloyd s List 1900 Lloyd s List 2002 Ship News Times London England 27 August 1788 pg 3 Issue 1152 Bateson 1959 p 122 a b c Clayton 2014 p 214 Ship News Times London England 21 August 1793 pg 3 Issue 2758 LL 30 July 1799 3086 SAD data Clayton 2014 Lloyd s List 4159 Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database Salamander voyage 83466 Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database Salamander voyage 83467 Lloyd s List no 4507 a b Ship News Morning Post London England 17 December 1804 Issue 11295 a b SHIP NEWS Morning Chronicle London England 22 November 1804 Issue 11080 a b No 15794 The London Gazette 2 April 1805 p 436 References editBateson Charles 1959 The Convict Ships Brown Son amp Ferguson OCLC 3778075 Crawford Michael J Conrad Dennis Michael Bowen Hassell E Gordon Hayes Mark L 2013 Naval documents of the American Revolution Vol 12 Washington D C Naval History amp Heritage Command U S ISBN 978 0 945274 72 8 OCLC 1062228651 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 Winfield Rif 2007 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 1792 Design Construction Careers and Fates Seaforth ISBN 978 1844157006 External links editSalamanderThis article includes data released under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3 0 Unported UK England amp Wales Licence by the National Maritime Museum as part of the Warship Histories project Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HMS Shark 1776 amp oldid 1167513525, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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