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

History
France
Captured1800[1]
United Kingdom
NameActive
OwnerDaniel Bennett, Blackheath
Acquired1801 by purchase of a prize
FateLost January 1803
NotesThis vessel is frequently conflated with Active (1804 ship) because both were French prizes and whalers, with the same master and the same owner, with the second replacing the first within a year of the loss of the first.
General characteristics
Tons burthen400,[2] or 419,[3] or 420,[2] or 430[1] (bm)
Length116 ft 0 in (35.4 m)
Beam30 ft 6 in (9.3 m)
PropulsionSail
Complement35[3]
Armament16 × 6&4-pounder guns[3]
NotesTwo decks and three masts

Active was a French ship that came into British hands in 1800 as a prize. William Bennet purchased her and named her Active. He employed her as a whaler and she was lost in January 1803 at the start of her second whaling voyage.

Career

Active is first listed in Lloyd's Register in 1801,[2] and in the Register of Shipping for 1802.[1] Both show her master as Jn. Dunn, her owner as Bennett, and her trade as London to the South Seas Fishery.

See also: List of ships owned by Daniel Bennett & Son

Captain John Dunn acquired a letter of marque on 16 May 1801.[3] On 22 May Captain John A. Dunn sailed from England on a whaling voyage. He returned on 7 September 1802,[4] having sailed from Saint Helena on 11 July, bound for England.[5]

Captain Lewis (or Louis) Blair sailed Active from England on 27 October 1802.[4]

Fate

Active, Blair, master, was lost in January 1803 at the Island of Desolation.[6] The Register of Shipping for 1804 still carried her with Blair as master.[7]

Citations and references

Citations

  1. ^ a b c Register of Shipping (1802), Seq. №A50.
  2. ^ a b c Lloyd's Register (1801), Supple. Seq. №AA3.
  3. ^ a b c d "Letter of Marque, p.47 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  4. ^ a b British Southern Whale Fishery Database – voyages: Active.
  5. ^ Naval chronicle, Vol. 8, p.254.
  6. ^ Lloyd's List №4434.
  7. ^ Register of Shipping (1804), Seq.№52.

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
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