William_1791
British Southern Voyage
WRI | BV092000 |
Vessel | William |
Master | John Ralph Moss |
Departure | 1791-04-03 |
Return (days) | 1793-04-09 (738) |
Port (dock) | London |
Destination | Delagoa Bay (Delagoa Bay; Peru) |
East/ West | East |
Owner (Agent) | Samuel, Charles & Samuel Enderby |
Cargo | 141 tuns sperm oil + 5 tuns whale oil + 2347 seal skins |
Sources | SST1; SST2 |
Reports | On shore at Sheerness 1 March 1791; reported 9 December 1791 at Delago [Delagoa] Bay 28 August 1791; reported 29 June 1792 at 47 S x 60 W on 18 January 1792; at Mas a Tierra in January 1792; reported huntings seals on Mas Afuera; reported by the Countess de Valdez 30 November 1792 on coast of Peru with 100 tuns sperm oil 18 April 1792; reported off Peru September 1792 by the Atlantic ; reportedly touched at Mas a Tierra and Mas Afuera in November 1792. |
Notes | Master was a Half-Pay Lieutenant of the Royal Navy. St James's Chronicle and British Evening Post of 26 February 1791 records the vessel ashore near Sheerness. In company at Delagoa Bay on 28 August 1791 with the Chacer, Good Intent, Fox and Hero of London and the Cook of Bristol and the Edward of Dunkirk. Reports of contact at Mas Tierra and Mas Afuera reported in the Marine Chronicle Vol. xviii (1807) pp. 32-6. Appears the vessel may have sailed across the bottom of the Atlantic east to west. |
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