Royalist (1794 ship)

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

History
United Kingdom
Name	Royalist
Launched	1794
Fate	Lost 1814
General characteristics
Tons burthen	424, or 426 (bm)
Armament	1810: 10 × 6–pounder guns 1813: 10 × 6–pounder + 2 × 12–pounder guns

Royalist was launched in 1794 at Sunderland. She was a general trader until 1812 when she became a Northern Whale Fishery whaler. She was lost in 1814 while whaling at Greenland.

Career

Royalist first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1795 with Robert Finley, master, H.Rudd, owner, and trade London–Hamburg.

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source
1800	J.Wray	Schoffield	Hull–Petersburg	LR
1805	F.Walton	Schoffield	Cork	LR
1810	Walton	Schofield	Hull–Baltic	Register of Shipping; damages repaired 1801
1812	J.Atkin Edmonds	Heseltine	Hull–Quebec	LR; rebuilt 1810
1813	A.Edmonds	Gibson & Co.	Hull–Davis Strait	LR; rebuilt 1810 & damages repaired 1812

In 1812 Royalist became a Northern Whale Fishery whaler. The following data is from Coltish:

Year	Master	Where	Whales	Tuns whale oil
1812	Edmonds		6	93
1813	Edmonds	Davis Strait	0	0
1814	Edmonds	Greenland	0	0

Fate

Lloyd's List (LL) reported in August 1814 that Royalist had foundered in the Davis Strait with the loss of all hands.

Citations and references

Citations

References

• Coltish, William (c. 1842). An account of the success of the ships at the Greenland and Davis Straits fisheries 1772-1842 inclusive.