Golden Grove (1786 ship)

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

History
Great Britain
NameGolden Grove
OwnerVarious
BuilderTeignmouth[1]
Launched1786[1]
FateLost c.1821
General characteristics
Tons burthen204, or 240[1] (bm)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 1804:2 × 6-pounder + 2 × 4-pounder guns
  • 1806:6 × 18-pounder carronades

Golden Grove was launched at Teighnmouth 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. After 1810 she apparently started sailing between London and Dublin. In 1817 she grounded but was gotten off. She was lost c.1821.

Career

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Although Golden Grove was launched in 1786, she did not appear in Lloyd's Register until 1793. At that time her master was M'Leod, her owner was in Tobago, and her trade was 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

On 18 August, the Jamaica Fleet, 109 vessels under the escort of four vessels of the Royal Navy, 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.[2]

Later career

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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.[3]

Fate

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LR for 1821 carried the annotation "Lost" by her name.[4]

Citations

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  1. ^ a b c d Lloyd's Register (1793), Seq.№257.
  2. ^ Lloyd's List №4088.
  3. ^ Lloyd's List №5147.
  4. ^ LR (1821), Seq.№G253.
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