Duke of York (1780 ship)

Duke of York was a fir-built ship of 500 tons (bm), built in 1780 at Archangel. In 1787 her owner was "Hitchie", her master "Jn Wolff", and her trade London—South Seas, indicating that she was a whaler.[1] More accurately, her master was John Wolfe,[2] Woolf, or Wolf, and her owner Richard Cadman Etches.[2] She sailed on 21 April 1787 for the South Seas.[3]

For other ships with the same name, see Duke of York (ship).
History
Great Britain
NameDuke of York
OwnerRichard Cadman Etches
BuilderArchangel
Launched1780
FateLost 11 September 1787
General characteristics
Tons burthen500 (bm)
PropulsionSail

Etches had received a license from the South Sea Company to sail around Cape Horn into the Pacific.[2] He dispatched her to reinforce the settlement at New Years Harbour (now Puerto Ano Nuevo) on Staten Island (now Isla de los Estados), off Tierra del Fuego.[lower-alpha 1] Seal hunters established a factory there in 1786,[5] which was also well-located for vessels rounding Cape Horn to refresh and replenish their water.[4]

On 4 June, Duke of York sailed from St Jago, "all well".[6] By August, she was at the Falkland Islands, "all well".[7]

On 11 September, shortly after she arrived at New Years Harbour, Duke of York was lost. Her crew, however, was saved.[8]

The loss of Duke of York ended the factory. The people took to their boats and left the island.[4]

Notes
  1. Captain James Cook, then on his second voyage of exploration, had named the harbour after the date of his arrival, New Year's Day, 1775.[4]

Citations
  1. Lloyd's Register (1787), №S216.
  2. Clayton (2014), p. 106.
  3. British Southern Whale Fishery Database – voyages: Duke of York.
  4. Gallois (2011), p. 305, №105.
  5. Gallois (2011), p. 78.
  6. "The Marine List". New Lloyd's List (1907). 14 August 1787.
  7. "The Marine List". New Lloyd's List (1944). 25 December 1787.
  8. "The Marine List". New Lloyd's List (1972): 78 v. 28 March 1788. hdl:2027/mdp.39015008145784.

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 9781908616524.
  • Gallois, Robert (2011). A Voyage to the North West Side of America: The Journals of James Colnett, 1786-89. UBC Press. ISBN 9780774808552.
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