Whydah (1797 ship)

Whydah was launched in 1797 at Whitby as a West Indiaman. She was captured but returned or remained in her owners' hands. She was wrecked in January 1803.

History
Great Britain
NameWhydah
NamesakeOuidah
BuilderWhitby[1]
Launched1797[1]
FateWrecked 6 January 1803
General characteristics
Tons burthen254[1] (bm)

Whydah first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1798 with Frisstle, master, Fletcher, owner, and trade Liverpool–Jamaica.[1]

In October 1801 Whydah was in company with Leviathan and sailing from the north side of Jamaica to Port Antonio to join a homeward-bound convoy. Two feluccas captured them after a severe engagement.[2]

Despite the report, Whydah returned or remained in British hands. LR for 1802 showed her master changing from J.M'Neil to R.Balfour, her owner from Walker & Co. to M'Allister & Co., and her trade from Liverpool–Jamaica to Greenock–Savannah.[3]

Whydah, Balfour, master, was wrecked on 6 January 1803 on Martin's Industry Shoal, in the Atlantic Ocean 55 nautical miles (102 km) off Savannah, Georgia, United States.[4][5] She was on a voyage from the Clyde. The crew and part of the cargo were saved.[6]

Citations
  1. LR (1798), Seq.№W201.
  2. Lloyd's List (LL) 29 December 1801, №4216.
  3. LR (1802), Seq.№W103.
  4. "Clyde shipping". The Aberdeen Journal. No. 2877. 2 March 1803.
  5. LL №4327.
  6. Sandz & Marx (2003), p. 194.

References
  • Sandz, Victoria; Marx, Robert F. (2003). Encyclopedia of Western Atlantic Shipwrecks and Sunken Treasure. McFarland.
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