Harriot (1797 ship)
Harriot (or Harriet) was launched in Spain in 1794, almost surely under another name, and taken in prize in 1797. She made two voyages as a London-based slave ship. Under new ownership, she then made three voyages as a whaler. A privateer captured her as she was returning from her third whale-hunting voyage but the British Royal Navy recaptured her. After her recapture she became a merchantman. She was captured and condemned at Lima, Peru in late 1809. Slave ship. "Harriot" first appeared in "Lloyd's Register" in 1797. 1st slave voyage (1797–1798): Captain James  Clark acquired a letter of marque on 15 September 1797. He sailed from London on 4 October, bound for the Bight of Benin, and started acquiring slaves on 27 November. She acquired slaves in three places: Batoa, Popo, and Keta. "Harriot" departed Africa on 2 April 1798. She arrived at St Vincent on 2 May. She had embarked 346 slaves and she arrived with 339, for a 2% mortality rate. She sailed for London on 2 July and arrived there on 14 August. 2nd slave voyage (1798–1799): Captain Clark sailed from London on 21 October 1798. "Harriot" acquired slaves at  Anomabu, and arrived at Demerara on 20 June 1799 with 350 slaves. Whaler. "LR" only caught up in its 1802 issue with "Harriet"s move from slave trading to whaling. 1st whaling voyage (1799–1801): Captain L. Chase (or Chace) sailed "Harriet" in 1799 and returned on 12 February 1801. 2nd whaling voyage (1801–1803): Captain L. (or Samuel Chase) sailed from London in 1801, bound for Walvis Bay. "Harriet" was reported to have been at Walvis Bay in August 1801. Between 10 July 1802 and 20 August she was at Port Jackson. By September 1802 she was at New Zealand. She returned  to England on 28 June 1803. 3rd whaling voyage (1803-1805): Captain Samuel Chase was "Harriet"s captain initially, but died at some point. Captain Thaddeus Coffin acquired a letter of marque on 20 August 1803. "Harriet" sailed from London in October 1803 for the Pacific. "Harriet", Coffin, master, was at Chile in March 1804 and then sailed from Peru to New Zealand, where she was by October 1804. "Harriet" was at Port Jackson between 24 April and 29 May 1805. She had come from the fisheries and was returning to them. As "Harriot" was returning from Port Jackson to London  a Spanish privateer captured her, but recaptured her and sent her into Waterford. "Harriot", Coffin, master, finally returned to Gravesend on 24 December 1805. Merchantman. Captain Glasspoole sailed on a voyage from Cork. One source classified the voyage as a whaling voyage, though that attribution appears to be more on the basis of the destination than anything else; at the time some British vessels did sail to the Pacific coast of South America for trading purposes. Fate. At some point Captain James Porter replaced M'Hendrick in command of "Harriet". As with the voyage to the South Seas, Clayton classified the  voyage as a whaling voyage, though it was not necessarily so. "Lloyd's List" reported in April 1810 that "Harriet", Porter, master, had been taken and brought into Lima, where she was condemned. Citations and references. Citations References