History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | Speculator |
Launched | 1797, Thames [1] [2] |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 100, or 161, [3] or 169, [1] or 183 [2] ( bm) |
Speculator was launched in 1797 on the Thames. She may have served the British government between her launch and 1803. She then made one voyage as a whaler in the British southern whale fishery. What happened to her after her return is currently obscure.
Speculator first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in the volume for 1802. [1]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
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1802 | J.Mildrum | Herbert | London–Southern fishery | LR |
Speculator was valued at £2,000 in 1802. [3]
Captain J. Mildrum (or Melden, Maldon, or Meldon), sailed from London on 25 May 1803, bound for the southern whale fishery. [4] On 5 March 1804 Speculator arrived at Saint Helena. She left on 15 March. As she crossed the equator she fell in with three ships flying British colours. One was a corvette of 20 guns and one was a large Dutch ship. Mildrum assumed they were a convoy from the Cape, at least until the corvette fired on Speculator. Speculator fled, firing her stern guns at her pursuers. She escaped and arrived safely at Ilfracombe prior to 2 May. [5]
The articles reporting this engagement mentioned that Speculator was a former gunbrig, and had false guns mounted. [5] There is no record of a gun-brig named Speculator during the period 1793 to 1817, either belonging to the Royal Navy or a hired armed vessel. It is possible that the Royal Navy purchased her and sailed her under another name, but there is no obvious candidate. [6]
Speculator remained listed in LR for some years, but with stale data. One source states that she was employed in the fishery during 1803 and 1807. [3] However, there was no further press mention of a Speculator, Mildrum, master, after 1804.
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History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | Speculator |
Launched | 1797, Thames [1] [2] |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 100, or 161, [3] or 169, [1] or 183 [2] ( bm) |
Speculator was launched in 1797 on the Thames. She may have served the British government between her launch and 1803. She then made one voyage as a whaler in the British southern whale fishery. What happened to her after her return is currently obscure.
Speculator first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in the volume for 1802. [1]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|
1802 | J.Mildrum | Herbert | London–Southern fishery | LR |
Speculator was valued at £2,000 in 1802. [3]
Captain J. Mildrum (or Melden, Maldon, or Meldon), sailed from London on 25 May 1803, bound for the southern whale fishery. [4] On 5 March 1804 Speculator arrived at Saint Helena. She left on 15 March. As she crossed the equator she fell in with three ships flying British colours. One was a corvette of 20 guns and one was a large Dutch ship. Mildrum assumed they were a convoy from the Cape, at least until the corvette fired on Speculator. Speculator fled, firing her stern guns at her pursuers. She escaped and arrived safely at Ilfracombe prior to 2 May. [5]
The articles reporting this engagement mentioned that Speculator was a former gunbrig, and had false guns mounted. [5] There is no record of a gun-brig named Speculator during the period 1793 to 1817, either belonging to the Royal Navy or a hired armed vessel. It is possible that the Royal Navy purchased her and sailed her under another name, but there is no obvious candidate. [6]
Speculator remained listed in LR for some years, but with stale data. One source states that she was employed in the fishery during 1803 and 1807. [3] However, there was no further press mention of a Speculator, Mildrum, master, after 1804.
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