Æolus (1783 ship)

Æolus, also spelt Aeolus (or frequently Eolus), was a snow sailing ship built in 1783 at Åbenrå in Denmark as a West Indiaman. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1807. Buckle & Co. purchased her as a prize. In 1808-9 she transported convicts to Port Jackson, New South Wales. She was last listed in Lloyd's Register in 1816.

For other ships with the same name, see Aeolus (ship).

History
Denmark–Norway
Name: Æolus
Namesake: Aeolus
Builder: Henrik Gerner,[Note 1] Åbenrå (Apenrade)[2]
Laid down: 1781[2]
Launched: 1783[2]
Fate: Captured 1807
United Kingdom
Name: Æolus
Acquired: 1807-8
Fate: Last listed in Lloyd's Register in 1815
Notes:
  • Two decks.
  • Sheathed with copper over boards.
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 278,[3] 289,[4] or 290,[5] or 310[6] (bm)
Length: 107'9" at the waterline (Danish fod and tomme)[2]
Propulsion: Sail
Armament:
  • West Indiaman:14 × 6-pounder guns (Danish weights)[2]
  • Whaler:12 guns[6]
  • 1814:6 × 6-pounder guns ± 6 × 12-pounder carronades[5]

Career

Æolus was built for general merchant Mr. Butz of Butz & Partners for use as a West Indiaman.[2] She was still owned by this partnership in 1807[7] before capture by the British.

HMS Royalist, Phosphorus, and Bloodhound shared in the prize money for the Danish ship Æolus, which they took on 19 August 1807, early in the Gunboat War between Britain and Denmark.[8] She enters Lloyd's Register in 1808, where she is shown with Cooper, master.[6]

Under the command of Robert Addie, she sailed from England in 1808 and arrived at Port Jackson on 26 January 1809.[4] She had embarked 79 female convicts, none of whom died on the voyage.[9][Note 2] Most of the convicts were then sent to the Parramatta Female Factory.

Æolus left Port Jackson on 1 April bound for England.[11] She was carrying a full load of whale oil from the whaler DuBuc, which had been condemned by survey at Hobart.

Æolus, E. Sindry, master, was still sailing in 1813. She had to put into Corunna in distress on her way from London to Bermuda. She discharged her cargo at Corunna.[12]

The Register of Shipping for 1814 showed her with Sunday, master, Boyd & Co., owner, and trade London–Bermuda.[5]

Fate

The Register of Shipping last listed her in 1816; Lloyd's Register last listed her in 1815.

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

  1. Henrik Gerner (1741-1787), was a major Danish sea-officer, shipbuilder, and engineer.[1]
  2. The Northern Midlands Council at Tasmania has constructed a convict trail with a brick for each vessel that transported convicts. The brick for Æolus states that she carried six female and 73 male convicts[10] This is at variance with other records.

Citations

  1. Wikipedias brugere, "Henrik Gerner (skibskonstruktør)," Wikipedia, https://da.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henrik_Gerner_(skibskonstrukt%C3%B8r)&oldid=8768396 (hentet January 9, 2017).
  2. Danish Museum database of ships: Æolus
  3. Lloyd's Register (1815), Seq. №230.
  4. Bateson 1959, pp. 288-9.
  5. Register of Shipping (1814), Seq.№A231.
  6. Lloyd's Register (1808), Supplement Seq. №A119.
  7. Marcussen
  8. "No. 16479". The London Gazette. 23 April 1811. p. 762.
  9. Bateson 1959, p. 326.
  10. Northern Midlands Convict Trail.
  11. "Arrival of Vessels at Port Jackson, and their Departure". Australian Town and Country Journal, Saturday 3 January 1891, p.16. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  12. Lloyd's List №4833.

References

  • Bateson, Charles (1959). The Convict Ships. Brown, Son & Ferguson. OCLC 3778075.
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