Fishburn

Specifications

24 October 1786 – Deptford Officers to Navy Board:

Fishburn Thomas Longridge 378 26/94 6 years 6’1” 5’9” 7’1” (ADM 106/3321/96; ADM 106/3314/78)

14 November 1786 – Navigation Act Pass:

Fishburn 349 tons, 4 guns Robert Brown 17 crew (TNA ADM7/104, No.3456)

26 May 1789 – According to the Accounts of the Receiver of Sixpences for Greenwich Hospital for 1789, this was the date when the last of the crew was discharged. She was listed as a new ship on this voyage. 318 tons, usual crew of 22. Robert Brown listed as the Master. (AD68/206)

Owner at First Fleet

William Leighton – see above. History of the Ship Built at Whitby about 1780. 378 tons. 6’1”, 5’9”, 7’1” between decks. Master at time of surveying in October 1786 was Thomas Longridge. (1786 - ADM106/3321) From 1780 to 1784, the ship appears to have been hired as a naval transport. 10 August 1780 – The Fishburn, Gill, sailed from Cowes for Spithead to join a convoy to Quebec. (Hampshire Chronicle, 14 August 1780, p.2) 13 September 1780 – The Fishburn, Gill, arrived at Cork from Portsmouth, part of the fleet for Quebec. (Lloyds Evening Post, 27-29 September 1780) They had sailed under convoy of the Ephesus and Garland, and been separated by a storm on the 6th. (Caledonian Mercury, 27 September 1780, p.3) 6 September 1781 – The Fishburn, Gill, sailed from Cowes for America. (Hampshire Chronicle, 10 September 1781, p.2) 27 January 1784 – Sailed from Portsmouth, the Fishburn, Gill, for London. (Morning Herald and Daily Advertiser, 29 January 1784) 7 June 1784 – William Leighton wrote to the Victualling Board concerning the Fishburn, Joseph Jells. (ADM111/98, 30 June 1784) 15 June 1784 – Arrived in the Port of London, a collier, the Fishburn, Joseph Gill, from Newcastle. (Public Advertiser, 18 June 1784) 30 June 1784 – The Victualling Board considered Leighton’s letter of the 7th of June and Mr Henshaw’s report. Ordered that the victualling the 5240 men for a day mentioned in the said report be allowed on the said ship’s account agreeable to Commissary Ross’s instructions, as well as the pork issued in lieu of butter. (ADM111/98, 30 June 1784) 11 March 1785 – The Fishburn, Woodcock, was driven ashore on Jarron Slake (or Jarrow’s Lake), near North Shields, but it was hoped she would get off with little damage. In the same squall, the Golden Grove, Thompson, carried away her bowsprit. (Public Advertiser, 16 March 1785) The Fishburn wound up losing three anchors. (London Chronicle, 19-22 March 1785) 22 May 1785 – The Borrowdale, Reed, the Fishburn, Woodcock and the Golden Grove, Thompson, entered into the Port of London from Newcastle. (Public Advertiser, 25 May 1785) 9 November 1785 – The Fishburn, Woodcock, arrived at Portsmouth from Newcastle. (Whitehall Evening Post, 8-10 November 1785) c.10 December 1785 – The Fishburn, Woodcock, arrived at Shields from Portsmouth with ‘Trinnails’(?). (Newcastle Courant, 10 December 1785, p.4) 1786 – Lloyd’s Register. Whitby, 1780. Sheathed in 1780. Owner: Leighton & Co. Master: Woodcock, replaced by T. Longridge. Surveyed in 1784. (LR 1786) 25 August 1786 – The Fishburn, Longridge, arrived at Portsmouth from Riga. (Hampshire Chronicle, 28 August 1786, p.2) 24 October 1786 – Deptford Officers to Navy Board: Fishburn Thomas Longridge 37826/94 6 years 6’1” 5’9” 7’1” (ADM 106/3321/96; ADM 106/3314/78) 30 October 1786 – According to the Accounts of the Receiver of Sixpences for Greenwich Hospital for 1789, this was the date when the first of the men came on board. (AD68/206, 26 May 1789) 14 November 1786 - Navigation Act Pass: 3456 Fishburn 349 tons, 4 guns Robert Brown 17 crew

(ADM7/104)

13 May 1787 – Sailed from the Mother Bank with the First Fleet. 1788 – Lloyd’s Register. Built at Whitby in 1780. 400 tons. Sheathed in 1786. Owned by Leighton & Co. Master: R. Brown. (Lloyd’s Register, 1789) 19 November 1788 – The Fishburn sailed from Sydney Cove in company with the Golden Grove. 22 May 1789 – Moored at Deptford. (Log) 25 May 1789 – Received orders from the Navy Board that the ship was discharged from service. Last entry in log. (Log) 26 May 1789 – According to the Accounts of the Receiver of Sixpences for Greenwich Hospital for 1789, this was the date when the last of the crew was discharged. She was listed as a new ship on this voyage. 318 tons, usual crew of 22. Robert Brown listed as the Master. (AD68/206) 17 October 1789 – Newcastle Courant: Last week the Fishburn, Brown, of London, laden with coals, from this port to the Thames, was wrecked upon the Gun-fleet. The crew were saved, but the vessel totally lost. (Newcastle Courant, 17 October 1789, p.4) October 1789 – The Fishburn was lost on the Gun Fleet Sand. The registration papers were ‘Lost with the ship on the Gun Fleet Sand in Octor 1789. . .’ (Navigation Pass, No.3456, 13 November 1786, ADM7/104)