Golden Grove (1786 ship)

Golden Grove was launched at Teighmouth in 1786 as a West Indiaman, and apparently immediately sailed to the West Indies. She first entered Lloyd's Registry in 1793 with Tobagonian ownership. She then became a London-based West Indiaman. A Spanish privateer captured her in 1805, but the British Royal Navy recaptured her within months. She then returned to the West Indian trade. After 1810 she apparently started sailing between London and Dublin. In 1817 she grounded but was gotten off. She apparently was lost c.1821.

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

History
Great Britain
Name: Golden Grove
Owner: Various
Builder: Teignmouth[1]
Launched: 1786[1]
Fate: Lost c.1821
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 204, or 240[1] (bm)
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Armament:
  • 1804:2 × 6-pounder + 2 × 4-pounder guns
  • 1806:6 × 18-pounder carronades

Career

Although Golden Grove was launched in 1786, she does not appear in Lloyd's Register until 1793. At that time her master is M'Leod, her owner is in Tobago, and her trade is Tobago—London.[1]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1794 J. M'Leod Tobago
J. Ruddock		 London—Tobago Lloyd's Register
1795 M'Leod Ruddock London—Tobago Lloyd's Register
1800 W. Butler Oldham & Co. London—Jamaica Lloyd's Register
1804 C. Groves Mills London—Jamaica Lloyd's Register
1805 Groves Mills London—Jamaica Lloyd's Register

Capture and recapture

Around May 1805, a Spanish privateer schooner captured Golden Grove, Blair, master, as she was sailing from Virginia to Liverpool.[Note 1] The privateer also captured the brig Ceres, Meffervey, master, which had been sailing from Virginia to Guernsey. The Spaniards took both into Florida where they were condemned as prizes.[2]

On 7 July the boats of HMS Cambrian ascended the St Mary’s River. There they recaptured Golden Grove and the British brig Ceres, and captured the Spanish privateer schooner that had captured the two British vessels. A British sailor and marine were killed, and 14 were wounded. The Spaniards suffered 25 men killed (including five Americans), and 22 wounded. Most of the casualties occurred on Golden Grove, on which the Spaniards had put 50 men, and armed with eight 6-pounder guns and six swivel guns.[3][4]

On 18 August, the Jamaica Fleet, 109 vessels under the escort of four British vessels, left Jamaica for England, Golden Grove among them. They cleared the Gulf, but then between 21 and 23 August encountered a severe gale. Nine vessels foundered, but Golden Grove was among those "well" on the 25th.[5]

Later career
Year Master Owner Trade Source
1806 G. Place Gardner London transport Register of Shipping (RS)
1809 G. Place Gardner London—St Vincent RS
1809 G. Pearce Gardner London—San Domingo LR
1810 G. Place
W. Scott		 Gardner London—Demerara
London—Lisbon		 RS
1815 R.Condon Gardner Cork LR
1820 Taylor Gardner London–Dublin RS

On 21 January 1817 Golden Grove, Taylor, master, ran aground on the Sow and Pigs Sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[6]

Fate

LR for 1821 carried the annotation "Lost" by her name.[7]

Notes and citations

Notes

  1. Although Lloyd's List gives the name of Golden Grove's master as Blair, this appears to be a mistake. F. Blair was master of a different Golden Grove that at the time was sailing between London and Pernau.

Citations

  1. Lloyd's Register (1793), Seq.№257.
  2. Lloyd's List №4237.
  3. "No. 15844". The London Gazette. 17 September 1805. p. 1182.
  4. Lloyd's List №4256.
  5. Lloyd's List №4088.
  6. Lloyd's List №5147.
  7. LR (1821), Seq.№G253.
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