Georgiana (1802 ship)

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|Ship name=''Georgiana''
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|Ship owner=[[Samuel Enderby & Sons]]
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|Ship launched=1800
|Ship acquired=1802 by purchase of a prize
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|Ship armament=*1811:6 × 6-pounder [[carronade]]s
*1813:2 × 9-pounder guns + 8 × 9-pounder carronades
|Ship notes=Part cedar; also mahogany
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'''''Georgiana''''' was built in Mexico in 1800, captured in 1801, and became a [[whaler]] for [[Samuel Enderby & Sons]]. She made three whale fishing voyages for them. She then became a merchantman, trading with Curaçao, and later, Argentina. She was last listed in 1821.

==Career==
''Georgiana'' first appears in ''[[Lloyd's Register]]'' in 1802 with Bristow, master, and Enderbys owner. Her trade was South Seas fishery.<ref name=LR1802>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015005680551?urlappend=%3Bseq=522 ''Lloyd's Register'' (1802), Supple. Seq.№G3.]</ref>

'''Whaling voyage #1:''' Captain Charles Caesar Bristow sailed from England on 8 January 1802, bound for the waters of Peru. On 11 November she was at {{coord|00|41|N|23|13|E}}. He returned on 31 December with 54 sperm whales, having lost three.<ref name=bswf>[http://bswf.hull.ac.uk/Output.php?SHIP=Georgiana&SUBMIT=Submit University of Hull: British Southern Whale Fishery - Voyages: ''Georgiana''.]</ref>

'''Whaling voyage #2:''' Bristow sailed from England on 29 May 1804 for the Pacific Ocean. He returned on 10 September 1805.<ref name=bswf/>

'''Whaling voyage #3:''' Captain William Pitts sailed from England on 12 October 1805 bound for the Pacific Ocean. She returned on 23 August 1808.<ref name=bswf/>

'''Merchantman'''

The ''Register of Shipping'' for 1809 shows ''Georgiana''{{'}}s ownership changing from Enderbys to P. Sanders, and her master from Bristow to J.Smith. Her trade changed to London—Curaçao.<ref>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015024495320?urlappend=%3Bseq=223 ''Register of Shipping'' (1809), Seq№G163.]</ref>

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! Year
! Master
! Owner
! Trade
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| 1810
| J. Smith<br>Moncrieffe
| Sanders & Co.
| London—Curaçao
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| 1811
| Moncrieffe
| Sanders & Co.
| London—Curaçao<br>London—Lisbon
| 10 × 6-pounder guns
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| 1812
| Moncrieffe
| Sanders & Co.
| London—Lisbon<br>Liverpool—Cadiz
| 10 × 6-pounder [[carronade]]s
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| 1813
| Moncrieffe<br>J. Crisp
| Sanders & Co.<br>Christie
| Liverpool—Cadiz<br>London—Buenos Aires
| 10 × 6-pounder [[carronade]]s<br>2 × 9-pounder guns + 8 × 9-pounder carronades
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| 1814
| J. Crisp
| Christie
| London—Buenos Aires
| 2 × 9-pounder guns + 8 × 9-pounder carronades; underwent a good repair
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| 1815
| J. Crisp
| Christie
| London—Buenos Aires
| 2 × 9-pounder guns + 8 × 9-pounder carronades
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| 1816
| J. Crisp
| Christie
| London—Buenos Aires
| 2 × 9-pounder guns + 8 × 9-pounder carronades; underwent a good repair
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| 1817
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| Not available/not published
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| 1818
| J. Crisp
| Christie
| London—Buenos Aires
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| 1819
| J. Crisp
| Christie
| London—Buenos Aires
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| 1820
| J. Crisp
| Christie
| London—Buenos Aires
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| 1821
| J. Crisp
| Christie
| London—Buenos Aires
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''Georgiana'' is no longer listed after 1821.

==Citations and references==
'''Citations'''
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'''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}}

[[Category:1800 ships]]
[[Category:Ships built in Mexico]]
[[Category:Captured ships]]
[[Category:Whaling ships]]
[[Category:Merchant ships of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Age of Sail merchant ships]]