Betsey (1801 Poole ship)

Betsey was launched at Pool in 1801. She made two voyages as a slave ship. French privateers captured her on the second voyage but the British Royal Navy recaptured her. Afterwards she was briefly a West Indiaman. She was wrecked in February 1807.

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

History
United Kingdom
Name: Betsey
Builder: Poole
Launched: 1801
Fate: Wrecked February 1807
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 276[1] (bm)
Complement: 35
Armament: 18 × 6-pounder gns

Career

1st slave voyage (1802–1803): Captain John McLean (or McLain) sailed from London on 24 February 1802. Betsey arrived at Kingston, Jamaica on 27 September 1802 with 273 slaves. She arrived back at London on 3 February 1803.

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1804 McLean
 R.Miles
Lumley		 London–Africa LR

2nd slave voyage (1804): Captain James MacDonald acquired a letter of marque on 5 July 1804. Ten days later he sailed for the Gold Coast.[2]

On 22 February 1805 Betsey, M'Donald, master, was off Surinam when the French privateer Eagle captured her. HMS Beaulieu recaptured Betsey.[3]

By another account, Betsey joined up with Somerset, Neil, master, and Jason, Martin, master, on 20 February some 40 miles off the Surinam river. Somerset and Jason had sailed together from Madeira for mutual protection. Shortly after the came together, two French privateers came up, Fillebutiere, of fourteen 6 and 9-pounder guns and 100 men, and Aigle, of sixteen 9 and 12-pounder guns and 160 men. After an action of about an hour and a half, Betsey struck to Fillebutiere and Jason and Somerset struck to Aigle. Aigle then started to escort the prizes to Guadaloupe. While they were on their way, they encountered Beaulieu which recaptured Betsey and Somerset and took them into Barbados, where the arrived on 3 March.[4] Readily accessible records make no mention of the disposition of the slaves on Betsey

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1805 M'Donald
W.Auld		 Lumley
Dennison		 London–Africa LR
1806 W.Auld
J.Fleck		 Denniston London–Africa LR
1807 J.Fleck Denniston Greenock–St Lucia LR

Fate

Betsy, Fleck, master, was reported in February 1807 to have wrecked near Londonderry while on a voyage from the West Indies to the Clyde.[5]

Citations
  1. "Letter of Marque, p.53 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  2. Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Betsey voyage #80539.
  3. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (4214). 7 May 1805. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  4. "LIVERPOOL, MAY 9" (11 May 1805), Lancaster Gazetter (Lancaster, England), vol. 4, issue 204.
  5. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (4128). 20 February 1807. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
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