Ottawa (1814 ship)

Ottawa was a merchant ship launched at Quebec in 1814 that sailed to England and acquired English registry. In 1815 a US privateer captured her. Although the Royal Navy recaptured her, the Vice-admiralty court at Jamaica restored to her original captors. She returned to British ownership and was wrecked in 1822.

History
United Kingdom
NameOttawa
NamesakeOttawa
Launched1814, New Liverpool, Quebec[1]
FateWrecked November 1822
General characteristics [2]
Tons burthen331,[3] or 340,[1] or 341 (bm)
Length96 ft 3 in (29.3 m)
Beam28 ft 10 in (8.8 m)
Complement30
Armament16 × 6-pounder guns
NotesThree masts

Career

A letter dated 21 October 1814 reported to the registry at Quebec that Ottawa had been re-registered at Liverpool.[1]

Ottawa first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1815.[3]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1815 J.Simpson A.Garnett Liverepool–Jamaica LR

On 9 March 1815 the US privateer Kemp, Captain Joseph Almeda (or Almeida), captured the British merchantman Ottawa, James Simpson, master, which was off Cuba while sailing from Liverpool to Jamaica with a cargo of porter, soap, potatoes, hams, cheese, etc.[lower-alpha 1] On 3 April HMS Anaconda and Moselle recaptured Ottawa. The London merchant James Strachan Glennie protested the recapture, acting on behalf of Kemp and Joseph Almeda, arguing that the recapture had occurred during the period the Treaty of Ghent had established for restitution of captures. The Vice admiralty court of Jamaica found for Glennie.[5]

Lloyd's List reported that Ottawa, Simpson,master, had put into Ocoa Bay after the American privateer Kemp had captured her. There boats from a British man of war had cut Ottawa out, and taken her to Jamaica. From Jamaica she had sailed to Savannah, and had arrived there.[6] The 1816 issue of Lloyd's Registed had the annotation "capt." beneath her name.

Ottawa returned to British ownership.

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1818 J.Anderson Earl & Co. Liverpool–New Orleans LR
1819 J.Anderson
Campbell		 Earl & Co. Liverpool–New Orleans LR
1822 Campbell
T.Todd		 Earl & Co.
Moxon & Co.		 Liverpool–Africa
Liverpool–Miramichi		 LR
1823 T.Todd Moxon & Co. Liverpool–Miramichi LR

Fate

A letter from Maranaham, dated 25 November 1822, reported that Ottawa, Todd, master, had been wrecked on 3 November on the Island of St Anna. Here crew had been saved.[7] Ottawa was on a voyage from Liverpool to Maranhão.[8]

Notes

  1. Kemp was a schooner of 228 tons (bm; American). She was on her fifth cruise (her second under Almeida's command), was armed with six guns, and had a crew of 135 men. She may have been sailing out of Wilmington, North Carolina.[4]

Citations

  1. Library and Archives Canada, Ship Registrations 2787–1966 – Item: 55666: OTTAWA.
  2. Page 17 of the Prize appeal case for the ship 'Ottawa', James Simpson (master), at the Vice-Admiralty Court of Jamaica, 1817.
  3. LR (1815), Seq.No.O218.
  4. Kert (2015), no.294 of Appendix 1.
  5. Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Jamaica. Reference: HCA 45/70/23.
  6. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 5008. 26 September 1815. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  7. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 5767. 10 January 1823. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  8. "Ship News". The Times. No. 11766. London. 11 January 1823. col D, p. 2.

References

  • Kert, Faye M. (2015). Privateering: Patriots and Profits in the War of 1812. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 72. ISBN 9781421417479.
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