Beaver (1793 ship)

Beaver was launched on the Thames in 1793. She traded traded between London and Canada but in 1796 she became a whaler in the Southern whale fishery. The Spanish captured her in 1797.

For other ships with the same name, see Beaver (ship).

History
Great Britain
NameBeaver
NamesakeBeaver
Launched1793, Thames[1]
Captured1797
General characteristics
Tons burthen287[1](bm)
Armament
  • 1794: 12 × 6-pounder guns
  • 1796: 4 × 6-pounder guns

Career

Beaver first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1793.[1]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1793 J.Beatson Illegible London–Montreal LR
1795 J.Beatson
Boyd		 M'Tavish London–Quebec LR
1796 Boyd
B.Gardner		 M'Tavish London–Quebec
London–South Seas		 LR

Alexander and Benjamin Champion acquired Beaver to sail her as a whaler in the Southern Whale Fishery. Captain Barnabas Gardner sailed from London on 8 April 1796, bound for Chile.

Beaver was near the Cape Verde Islands by 13 May. By December she was off the coast of Chile. Then on 8 March 1797 she was off Concepcion.[2]

Fate

Lloyd's List reported on 13 February 1798 that Beaver, Gardner, master, was one of several British whalers that the Spanish had captured off the coasts of Chile and Peru.[3] Commerce, Clark, master, was another of the vessels reported taken. Others were Castor, Charmilly, Alderney, Jupiter, and Atlantic.

Citations
  1. LR (1793), Seq.No.B503.
  2. British southern whale fishery database – voyages: Beaver, voyage #BV0019.00
  3. Lloyd's List №2983.
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