William and Ann (1759)

William and Ann was built at a King's Yard (naval dockyard) in 1759, under another name. From 1786 until 1791 she was a whaler in the Northern Whale Fishery. In 1791 she transported convicts to New South Wales and then began whale hunting around New Zealand; she returned to England in 1793. Circa 1801 she again became a Northern Whale Fishery whaler, sailing from Leith. She continued whaling until 1839. She then began trading widely, to Bahia, Bombay, Archangel, Spain, Honduras, and the Mediterranean. She was last listed in 1857, having been in service for over 90 years.

For other ships with the same name, see William and Ann (ship).

History
Great Britain
Name: William and Ann
Owner:
Launched: 1759 (or 1742),[1] King's Yard (possibly Ipswich)
Fate: Last listed 1857
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 370, or 376,[2] or 388, or 388​1⁄14[3] (bm)
Draught: 16 feet (4.9 m)
Sail plan: Ship rig
Armament: 1812: 6 × 6-pounder guns[2] + 2 × 18-pounder carronades[1]
Notes: Two decks

Career

She was lengthened and raised in 1767, becoming 370 tons; a new upper part and thorough repairs were undertaken in 1785. She first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) as William and Ann in 1786.[4] Her immediate previous name was probably Ipswich. Missing volumes of LR and missing pages in extant volumes of LR have so far made it impossible to trace her back through name changes to her origins in the Royal Navy. Repairs to fix previous repair work were undertaken in 1789. Further repairs were undertaken in 1791, when she was sheathed and doubled.

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1786 H.Gilbert W.Gilson & Co. London–Greenland LR; thorough repair 1785
1790 H.Gilbert Sims & Co. London–Greenland LR; thorough repair 1785
1791 H.Ollburg
E.Bunker		 St.Barbe & Co. London–Davis strait LR; thorough repair 1785, damages repaired 1789, & good repair 1791
1792 E.Bunker St.Barbe & Co. London–Botany Bay LR; thorough repair 1785, damages repaired 1789, & good repair 1791

Under the command of Master Eber Bunker, she departed Plymouth as part of the third fleet on 27 March 1791, and arrived on 28 August 1791 in Port Jackson, New South Wales.[5] She embarked 188 male convicts, of whom seven died during the voyage.[6]

Captain Bunker then conducted the first recorded visit by a whaling ship to New Zealand, calling in at Doubtless Bay in 1791 while hunting sperm whales in the South Pacific.[7] She was reported off the coast of Peru in 1792. She returned to Sydney and thence sailed to England. She was reported off the coast of Brazil in March 1793.[8] She returned to England on 20 May 1793 with 68 tuns of sperm oil and 8468 seal skins.[9]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1794 J.Cowon St.Barbe & Co. London–Botany Bay LR; thorough repair 1785, damages repaired 1789, & good repair 1791
1797 J.Cowan St.Barbe & Co. London–Botany Bay LR; thorough repair 1785, damages repaired 1789, & good repair 1791
1798 J.Caitline Mather & Co. London transport LR; thorough repair 1785, damages repaired 1789, & good repair 1791
1801 J.Caitline
T.Hanson		 Mather & Co. London transport
London–Greenland		 LR; thorough repair 1785, damages repaired 1789, & good repair 1791
1802 T.Hanson
R.Kellie		 Mather & Co. London–Greenland LR; thorough repair 1785, damages repaired 1789, & good repair 1791

In April 1802 William and Ann, Kelly, master, sailed from Leith for Davis Strait, but had to put back into Stromness, leaky.[10]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1803 R.Kellie
B.Lyons		 Woods & Co. London–Davis Strait
Leith–Davis Strait		 LR; thorough 1785, damages repaired 1789, & good repair 1791
1804 B.Lyons Woods & Co. London–Davis Strait
Leith–Davis Strait		 LR; damages repaired 1789, good repair 1794, & repairs 1802
1807 B.Lyons
Davidson		 Wood & Co. Leith–Davis Strait LR; damages repaired 1789, good repair 1794, & repairs 1802
1808 Davidson Wood & Co. Leith–Davis Strait Register of Shipping; damages repaired 1789, & good repair 1791, & repairs 1802
1812 Davidson Wood & Co. Leith–Davis Strait Register of Shipping; repairs 1808 & large repair 1810
Year Master Where "Fish"
(Whales)		 Tuns whale oil
1809 Davidson Davis Strait 19 Full
1810 Davidson Davis Strait 6
1812 Davidson Davis Strait 18 Full
1813 Davidson Davis Strait 8
1814 Davidson Davis Strait 7

The data below for the period between 1814 and 1839 comes primarily from Coltish,[11] though amended or corrected with reports in the contemporary press.

Year Master Where "Fish"
(Whales)		 Tuns whale oil
1814 Davidson Greenland 11 77
1815 Davidson Davis Strait 8 55
1816 Davidson Davis Strait 8 60
1817 Davidson Davis Strait 4 29.5
1818 Davidson Davis Strait 0 0
1819 Wake Davis Strait 7 42.5
Wake 1820 Davis Strait 17 83.5
1821 Wake Greenland 1 8.5
1823 Wake Greenland 32 127 (Full)
1824 Wake 5 31.5
1825 Wake 3
1826 Wake Davis Strait 4 25.5
1827 [William] Smith[3] 27 240
1828 Smith[3] 10 54
1829 Smith[3] 14 76
1830 Smith[3] 0 Clean
1831 Liston 8 50
1832 Liston 39 136.5
1833 Liston 12 160
1834 Liston 11 75.5
1835 Liston 1 8
1836 Stratton

In 1836 the whaler Swan became beset in ice and overwintered in Davis Strait, drifting with the ice. William and Ann was the first whaler to sight Swan, on 14 May. Swan was then some 30 miles west of Disco and Captain Stairton's men refused to got to Swan's assistance on the grounds that Swan was far off and they weren't paid to do so. She was only able to get free because the crews of five whalers came upon her and sawed 3000 feet of heavy ice to get her out. (One of the five may have been William and Ann.[12])

Year Master Where "Fish"
(Whales)		 Tuns whale oil
1837 Stratton 2 15
1837 Stratton 10 80
1839 Stratton DS 5 22.5
Year Master Owner Trade Source
1839 J.Straiton
Pearson		 Woods Leith–Davis Strait
Leith–Hull		 LR; large repairs 1823 & 1828, and small repairs 1810, 1833, &1834
1840 Pearson Woods Leith–Hull
Hull–Bahia		 LR; large repairs 1823 & 1828, and small repairs 1810, 1833, & 1834
1841 Pearson Woods Hull–Bahia
Hull–Bombay		 LR; small repairs 1840 & 1842
1842 Pearson Woods Hull–Bombay
London–Archangel		 LR; small repairs 1840 & 1842
1843 Pearson Woods London–Archangel
Hull–Cape of Good Hoop		 LR; small repairs 1840 & 1842
1845 Pearson
Creser		 Woods Hull–Cape of Good Hoop
Liverpool		 LR; small repairs 1840, 1842, & 1845
1846 Creser
Davis		 Woods Liverpool
Liverpool–Africa		 LR; small repairs 1840, 1842, 1845, & 1846
1847 S.Davis Woods
Denham		 London LR; almost rebuilt 1823, small repairs 1846 & 1848
1848 J.Scott Denham London–Spain LR; almost rebuilt 1823, small repairs 1846 & 1848–
1851 J.Scott Denham Shields–Spain LR; almost rebuilt 1823, small repairs 1848 & 1851
1853 J.Scott Denham London–Honduras LR; almost rebuilt 1823, small repairs 1848 & 1851
1854 Denham London LR; almost rebuilt 1823, small repairs 1848 & 1851
1856 W.Magub R.Magub Cardiff–Mediterranean LR; almost rebuilt 1823, small repairs 1851 & 1854
1857 W.Magub R.Magub LR

Citations and references

Citations
  1. RS (1812), Seq.No.W314.
  2. Lloyd's Register (1812), seq. no. W280.
  3. Jones (1975), p. 460.
  4. LR (1786), Seq.No.117.
  5. Bateson (1959), pp. 115-6.
  6. Bateson (1974), p. 122.
  7. "The Register (Adelaide), Tuesday 26 January 1926. p. 12". Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  8. Clayton (2014), p. 245.
  9. "British Southern Whale Fishery database – Voyages: William and Anne".
  10. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (4247). 16 April 1802. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  11. Coltish (c. 1840).
  12. "Arrival of the Swan Whaler". (7 July 1837) Hull Packet (Hull, England), issue: 2744, p.3.

References
  • Bateson, Charles (1959). The Convict Ships. Brown, Son & Ferguson. OCLC 3778075.
  • 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.
  • Jones, A.E.G. (1975). "Captain William Smith and the Discovery of New South Shetland". Geographical Journal. 141 (3): 445–461.
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