Active (1764 ship)
| History | |
|---|---|
 England
| |
| Owner: | Calvert & Co. |
| Builder: | Shoreham, Sussex[1] |
| Captured: | May 1793 by a French privateer |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 350[1] (bm) |
| Sail plan: | Ship rig |
Active was a ship built in 1764. She transported convicts to Australia in 1791. She returned home via Bombay, carrying a cargo for the British East India Company (EIC). A French privateer captured her in May 1793 as she was returning to Britain.
Convict transport
She served the EIC from 1791 until 1793. Under the command of Master John Mitchinson, she departed Plymouth on 27 March 1791 as part of the third fleet, and arrived on 26 September 1791 in Port Jackson, New South Wales.[2] She embarked 175 male convicts, 21 of whom died during the voyage.[3]
Active left Port Jackson on 3 December 1791, in company with Albemarle.[4]
Fate
Active left Bombay on 23 December 1792 in company with Albemarle.[5] French privateers captured Active in May 1793. One source states that she was coming from Canton and that her captor took her to Morlaix, France.[1] A contemporary report in Lloyd's List reports Active as having come from Bombay, and her captor taking her into Brest. The same issue has a separate report of a privateer having taken Albemarle and having sent her into France.[6] A later report has Albemarle going into Morlaix.
Citations and references
- Citations
- 1 2 3 Hackman (2001), p.220.
- ↑ Bateson (1974), pp.115-6.
- ↑ Bateson (1974), p.122.
- ↑ "Arrival of Vessels at Port Jackson, and their Departure". Australian Town and Country Journal, Saturday 3 January 1891, p.16. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
- ↑ Lloyd's List, n° 2505.
- ↑ Lloyd's List, n°2513.
- References
- Bateson, Charles (1959). The Convict Ships. Brown, Son & Ferguson. OCLC 3778075.
- Hackman, Rowan (2001) Ships of the East India Company. (Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society). ISBN 0-905617-96-7