Sally (1782 ship)
British merchant, whale, and slave ship 1782–1805
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Sally was launched in 1782 at Liverpool as a West Indiaman. She made one voyage as a whaler and one as an East Indiaman sailing to Bengal under charter to the British East India Company (EIC). After a storm damaged her in 1805 as she was on her way in 1805 from Liverpool to Africa as a slave ship she had to put into Barbados where she was condemned.
Career
Sally first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1782 with J.Corning, master, changing to J.Corbett, J.Chorley & Co., owners, and trade Liverpool–Tortola.[1]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1783 | J.Corbett J.Woods |
J.Chorley | Liverpool–Tortola | LR |
| 1792 | J.Woods J.Meader |
J.Chorley | Liverpool–Southern Fishery | LR |
Whaling voyage (1791–1792): Captain John Meader sailed from Liverpool in 1791 (probably on 29 March 1791), bound for Walvis Bay. Sally returned on 19 November 1792.[5]
After Sally returned from whaling, Captain John Woods resumed command. On 11 January 1794 Captain John Woods acquired a letter of marque.[3][a]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1794 | J.Woods | J.Chorley | Liverpool–Tortola | LR; repairs 1790 and 1792 |
EIC voyage (1795–1796): Captain Robert Brown acquired a letter of marque on 7 August 1795. Before she sailed, Sally underwent repairs. Sally sailed from Liverpool on 7 September, bound for Bengal. She was at Rio de Janeiro on 14 November, and arrived at Calcutta on 24 February 1796. Homeward bound, she was at Culpee on 2 April, reached St Helena on 23 July and Crookhaven on 27 November, before arriving at the Downs on 12 December.[7]
After Sally returned to England, Captain John Woods resumed command. He acquired a letter of marque on 12 January 1798.[3]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1797 | J.Brown J.Woods |
J.Chorley | Liverpool–Bengal Liverpool–Tortola |
LR; repairs 1790, 1792, & 1795 |
| 1800 | J.Woods | J.Chorley | Liverpool–Tortola | LR; repairs 1790, 1792, & 1795 |
| 1805 | J.Thompson C.Kincale |
Holind & Co. | Cork Liverpool–Africa |
LR; repairs 1790, 1792, & 1795 |
Fate
Captain Charles Kneale sailed Sally from Liverpool on 5 August 1805. The Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database states that she was "shipwrecked or destroyed, before slaves embarked".[8] Lloyd's List (LL) reported on 10 December that Sally, Neale, master, from Liverpool to Africa, had put into Barbados dis-masted and that she had been condemned.[9]
Sally did not appear on the lists of vessels cleared to Africa from ports in England.[10] In 1805, 30 British enslaving vessels were lost, five of them on the outbound leg of their voyages.[11] During the period 1793 to 1807, war, rather than maritime hazards or resistance by the captives, was the greatest cause of vessel losses among British enslaving vessels.[12]