EMERALD
Date1802
Object NameSHIP
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
DimensionsGross Tonnage, 366 tons.
Depth : 16 ft.
Depth : 16 ft.
Object numberABDSHIP003056
Keywords
Fate: Captured and possibly burnt by the French fleet under Villeneuve, 7 June 1805.
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Ship rigged, 1 deck with beams, sheathed with wood.
Owners:
London (possibly a consortium of London financiers) (so Lloyd's underwriters says, but Aberdeen Register list 1804 has it as owned by George Tower & Co.)
Master: B. Cook.
Voyage:
1804: London - Antigua.
General History:
22/04/1803:
EMERALD, Welch arrived at Grenada from Aberdeen
(Lloyd's List - issue 4344)
1804-05 voyages under master B. Cook:
05/04/1804:
2 April sailed from Plymouth for Antigua.
(Source: Trewman's Exeter Flying Post (Exeter, England) Issue 2111.)
No note of her 1804 return voyage but she arrived in Antigua again, from London, on 4 February 1805.
(The Aberdeen Journal, 10/04/1805; Issue 2987.)
She then joined a convoy for her return and was taken by the French fleet commanded by Admiral Villeneuve :
01/08/1805:
“When we reached St. John's, Lord Nelson was informed the enemy had passed close to this island only four days before our arrival, and were steering northward; and this was confirmed to us, when getting under weigh, by the return of the Nettly schooner, who had sailed with the homeward-bound convoy, consisting of 14 rich ships, every one of which were captured by the combined squadron; […] The whole Antigua convoy taken by the combined fleets, on the 6th of June, is estimated at 400,000l.”
(Source: Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh, Scotland), Issue 13089.)
03/08/1805:
“Monday's Mail from the London Gazette, Admiralty Office, July 27”
“His Majesty's Ship DECADE arrived in the Tagus on the 10th inst. with Letters from Lord Nelson, dated at sea, the 15th of June. His Lordship, with the squadron under his command, including the Spartiate, was, on the 19th in lat. 27 N long. 60 W. The enemy's fleet had unfortunately fallen in with and captured several ships from Antigua, the day after it sailed, which was on the 7th June, of which Lord Nelson was apprized. The number supposed to have been captured is thirteen or fourteen sail under convoy of His Majesty's Ship[s] NETLEY and BARBADOES.
The ships which were taken into the enemy's hands are said to be, the PATRIOT, Strannock; KIRBY, Drysdale; MARY, Perrie; NANCY, Cook; EMERALD, Cook; PRINCE OF WALES, Head, for London - BYAM, Dawson; SINGLETON, Christian; MARTHA, Johnson; HIGHLANDER, Miller; WEST INDIAN, Dunn; and URANIA, Walker.”
(Source: The Lancaster Gazette and General Advertiser, for Lancashire, Westmorland, &c. (Lancaster, England), Saturday, 03/08/1805)
Note: Particulars from Lloyds register 1804, supplement E10.
