Mildred (1797 ship)

History
Great Britain
Name	Mildred
Owner	1797:Moxon & Co.; 1799:Sharp & Co.;
Builder	Hull
Launched	1797
Fate	Disappeared after 19 December 1799
General characteristics
Tons burthen	398, or 400, or 408 (bm)
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	1797:32; 1799:45;
Armament	1797:16 × 4-pounder guns; 1797:10 × 6-pounder guns; 1799:20 × 9&24-pounder guns; 1799:14 × 9-pounder guns + 6 × 24-pounder carronades;

Mildred was launched in 1797 at Hull. She made one voyage to Bengal for the British East India Company (EIC). On her return she left for the West Indies. After she left Jamaica she was never heard from again.

Career and loss

Mildred appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1797 with M. Jordan, master, and trade Hull—Gravesend.^[2]

The EIC engaged Mildred on 29 April 1798. Captain Michael Jordan acquired a letter of marque on 10 May 1797.^[1] He sailed from Torbay on 22 September 1797, bound for Bengal. Mildred was at St Helena on 1 December and at the Cape of Good Hope on 31 January 1798. She arrived at Calcutta on 3 May. Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 11 August, the Cape on 22 October, and St Helena on 18 November. She arrived at the Downs on 3 February 1799.^[5]

On her return, new owners decided to sail her in the West Indies trade. Lloyd's Register for 1799 shows her master changing from Jordan to Atkinson, her owner from Moxon to Sharp, and her trade from London—India to London—Jamaica.^[4]

Captain Thomas Atkinson acquired a letter of marque on 13 July 1799.^[1]

Fate

Mildred sailed from Jamaica for Savannah and London on 19 December 1799. She was never heard from again.^[6]

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Letter of Marque, p.78 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c Lloyd's Register (1797), Supple. Seq.№_1.
^ Hackman (2001), p. 238.
^ ^a ^b Lloyd's Register (1799), Seq.№410.
^ British Library: Mildred.
^ Lloyd's List №4065.

References

Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.

[LoM-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Letter of Marque, p.78 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.

[LR1797-2] Lloyd's Register (1797), Supple. Seq.№_1.

[FOOTNOTEHackman2001238-3] Hackman (2001), p. 238.

[LR1799-4] Lloyd's Register (1799), Seq.№410.

[BL-5] British Library: Mildred.

[6] Lloyd's List №4065.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1799
Shipwrecks	2 Jan: Hired armed lugger Duke of York 7 Jan: HMS Apollo 11 Jan: Ganges 19 Jan: HMS Grampus 31 Jan: HMS Eagle 1 Feb: HMS Proserpine 23 Feb: Earl Fitzwilliam 22 Apr: Hired armed cutter Brave April (unknown date): Lord Mulgrave 23 May: HMS Deux Amis May (unknown date): Phoenix 28 Sep: HMS Blanche 9 Oct: HMS Lutine 14 Oct: HMS Nassau 18 Oct: HMS Impregnable 25 Oct: HMS Amaranthe 31 Oct: Charente 5 Nov: HMS Sceptre 12 Nov: Bhavani November (unknown date): HMS Orestes 19 Dec: Mildred 25 Dec: HMS Ethalion Unknown date: HMS Deux Freres
Other incidents	February (unknown date): HMS Musquito 11 Oct: Bordelais December (unknown date): Aurora Unknown date: Cicero
1798 1800

Career and loss

Fate

See also

Citations

References