Achilles (1813 ship)
Achilles was launched in 1813 at Shields. She sailed from Shields to London and then operated for some years as a transport. She then traded more generally. In 1820 new owners moved her to Dundee. She became a whaler in the British northern whale fishery until she was lost there in 1830.
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Builder | Wright & Harle, South Shields[1] |
Launched | 1813 |
Fate | Lost 1830 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 366,[2] or 367[3] (bm) |
Armament | 8 guns |
Career
Achilles first appeared in the Register of Shipping (RS),[4] and in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1813.[2]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
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1813 | Potter | Wright & Co. | Shields–London | RS |
1813 | Leishman | Leishman | London transport | LR |
1818 | Leishman W.Shaw |
Leishman | London–St Johns Bristol–Jamaica |
LR |
The data below is from the Scottish Arctic Whaling Database.[5] All the voyages were to Davis Strait.
Although the information in Lloyd's Register remained unchanged for some more years, in 1820 hnew owners, Newell & Co., shifted Achilles's registry to Dundee and started sailing her as a whaler.[3]
Year | Master | Whales | Tuns whale oil |
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1820 | W.Deuchers | 3 | 38 |
1821 | W.Valentine | 9 | 125 |
1822 | W.Valentine | 5 | 80 |
1823 | W.Valentine | 37 | 252 |
1825 | W.Valentine | 7 | 84 |
1826 | W.Valentine | 7 | 108 |
1827 | W.Valentine | 22 | 217 |
1828 | W.Valentine | 24 | 220 |
1829 | J.Hogg | 7 | 96 |
1830 | R.Thoms | 0 | 0 |
Fate
Achilles, Valentine, master, was lost in 1830 in the Davis Strait.[6]{{efn|Although the database names R. Thoms as master of Achilles when she was lost, all the press reports give the name of her master as Valentine. Thoms was master of another Dundee whaler, Thomas.[7]
Eighteen-thirty was the worst year for ship losses since 1819, when whalers first crossed the straits. Eighteen whaler were lost, for a total tonnage of 5,614 tons (bm). The second highest loss occurred in 1823 when 13 vessels totaling 4,409 tons (bm), were lost.[8]
Citations and references
Citations
- Tyne Built Ships – Ship Names: Achilles.
- LR (1813), Supple. pages "A", Seq.No.A169.
- Anon. (1823), p. 1.
- RS (1813), "A:supple. pages.
- Scottish Arctic Whaling Database – Voyages: Achilles.
- "Davis' Straits Fishing". The Aberdeen Journal. No. 4318. 13 October 1830.
- "Multiple News Items", 6 November 1830, The Standard (London, England), Issue: 1086.]
- "Davis' Straits Fishery." 19 October 1830, The Times (London, England). Issue: 14361.
References
- Anon. (1823). List of the shipping registered in the different ports of Scotland. Association of Underwriters & Brokers of Glasgow.