Elligood (1794 ship)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name: | Elligood or Ellegood |
| Namesake: | Possibly Jacob Ellegood |
| Owner: |
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| Builder: | Nova Scotia,[2] or possibly New Brunswick |
| Launched: | 1794[3] |
| Fate: | No longer listed in Lloyd's Register in 1807 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 327[3][4] (bm) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Complement: | 28[4] |
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Elligood (or Ellegood) was constructed in Nova Scotia in 1794 for Liddle & Co.[3] She performed one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC). She was primarily a whaler, but also visited Australia. She is last listed in 1806.
Career
Ellegood was registered in London in 1795, with F. Holman, master, and Liddle & Co., owners. The entry in Lloyd's Register gives her place of construction as Nova Scotia and her year of launch as 1794. It also gives her trade as London-Martinique.[2]
Captain Francis Holman sailed from Gravesend on 11 October 1796, bound for Madras and Bombay for the EIC. She reached Madras on 15 February 1797, Cochin on 8 March, Goa on 20 March, and Bombay on 28 March. She left Bombay on 28 June, reached St Helena on 11 September, and arrived at Long Reach on 13 December.[5]
In 1798 Elligood was sold to Daniel Bennett for service as a South Seas whaler. He would remain her owner through 1805.[6]
In 1798 she sailed to the east coast of Africa under the command of Captain Christopher Dixon. She returned to Britain on 16 July 1799.[7]
On 15 January 1800, Captain Christopher Dickson received a letter of marque for Ellegood. [4]
Under the command of Master Christopher Dixson, Elligood sailed from London on 19 February. Several whalers sailed at the same time, including Kingston, 287 tons, Thomas Denis, master.[8] Elligood and Kingston arrived in Cape Town on 5 May 1800. The two vessels did some whaling off the African coast and then turned east, cruising off Western Australia from 9 August to 22 December. On 27 August they were at King George Sound. There, at the entrance to Oyster Harbour, Western Australia (34°59′37.9″S 117°56′39.8″E / 34.993861°S 117.944389°E, Dixson made a small garden and left a copper plate engraved "Aug. 27 1800. Chr Dixson, ship Elligood". Late in 1801 Matthew Flinders found the plate on his way along the southern coast of Australia to Port Jackson.[9]
Ellegood returned to Cape Town in May 1801 under the command of Job Anthony as it had been reported that both Dixson and nine crew had died of scurvy. Dixson had died on 4 January 1801. Ellegood was at St Helena on 19 September, and arrived at London on 8 December.[9]
She was still reported as whaling in 1805.[6]
Citations and references
- Citations
- ↑ Clayton (2014), Addendum p.5.
- 1 2 Lloyd's Register (1795), seq. no. E385.
- 1 2 3 Hackman (2001), p.231.
- 1 2 3 4 Letter of Marque, - accessed 14 May 2011.
- ↑ National Archives (United Kingdom): Ellegood.
- 1 2 Clayton (2014), pp.113-4.
- ↑ University of Hull: British Southern Whale Fisheries - Voyages. Elligood Accessed 20 August 2016.
- ↑ Naval Chronicle, Vol. 3, p.149.
- 1 2 Richards (1991), pp.35-53.
- References
- Clayton, Jane M. (2014) Ships employed in the South Sea Whale Fishery from Britain: 1775-1815: An alphabetical list of ships. (Berforts Group). ISBN 978-1908616524
- Hackman, Rowan (2001) Ships of the East India Company. (Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society). ISBN 0-905617-96-7
- Richards, Rhys (1991) "The cruise of the 'Kingston and the Elligood' in 1800 and the wreck found on King Island in 1802". The Great Circle, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 35-53