Port Royal

Official Number
none

The Lancaster Gazette and General Advertiser, Saturday, 2nd March 1811;

" On Thursday last, a fine new ship was launched from Smith & Co.'s yard, at Skerton, near this town. She is called the Port Royal, commanded by Wm.Proctor, burthen 410 tons, mounts sixteen guns, built for Messrs.Willasey, Garnett, Maddan, and Simpson, and intended for the Jamaica trade."

The Port Royal carried a letter of marque and was commanded by Capt.William Procter. She made her maiden voyage from Glasson Dock to Jamaica, departing 11th April 1811. On her return voyage to London, on the 26th September four leagues off Dieppe lighthouse, she "beat off a French lugger privateer full of men." Capt.Procter retained the command for the following four years, the ship remaining in the trade to the Caribbean. Possibly Capt.Procter had been replaced on the vessel's final voyage in 1815, when she was lost in the Bahamas.

Lloyd's List, 19th December 1815, page 2;

" The Port Royal, from New York to Jamaica, is lost on Hineaga. "

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Port Royal
1811
410
  
 
 
3
  
  
  

Sources :

  1. Advertisement in the Lancaster Gazette, 2nd March 1811.
  2. First voyage details from the Lancaster Gazette, 13th April and 5th October 1811.
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping (Underwriters' Green Book) 1815 : Port Royal, ship, 410 tons, 16 x 12 pound caronades, built at Lancaster, 4 years old, owned by Simpson & Co., masters W.Procter, then R.Coulson, voyage Liverpool - Jamaica, then Liverpool - New York.