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Albemarle Fishing Schooner — Boston Bay

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Albemarle Fishing Schooner — Boston Bay

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. A coppered hull. Not a named portrait of Albemarle.

Overview

The Elsinore reply stays on Albemarle at Elsinore. The Downs gale stays on Deal Boatmen Fifteen Guineas — Downs Gale. The St. George’s Bank chase stays on St George’s Bank — Albemarle Shoals. This note covers the Boston Bay schooner only.1

The Restoration

Southey says that during her first cruise on that station the Albemarle captured a fishing schooner which contained in her cargo nearly all the property that her master possessed, and that he had a large family at home. Nelson employed him as a pilot in Boston Bay, then restored him the schooner and cargo, and gave him a certificate to secure him against being captured by any other vessel. The man came off afterwards to the Albemarle, at the hazard of his life, with a present of sheep, poultry, and fresh provisions. The scurvy was raging on board; this was in the middle of August, and the ship’s company had not had a fresh meal since the beginning of April.2

The Elsinore reply stays on Albemarle at Elsinore. The fifteen-guinea beach crossing stays on Deal Boatmen Fifteen Guineas — Downs Gale. The shoal escape stays on St George’s Bank — Albemarle Shoals. This page does not invent the master’s name.

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Footnotes

  1. Elsinore reply only: Albemarle at Elsinore. Downs gale only: Deal Boatmen Fifteen Guineas — Downs Gale. Shoal escape only: St George’s Bank — Albemarle Shoals. ↩

  2. Fishing schooner; nearly all the master’s property; large family at home; Boston Bay pilot; schooner and cargo restored; sheep, poultry, and fresh provisions; scurvy in mid-August; no fresh meal since the beginning of April. @southey1813nelson vol. 1, pp. 42–43 (1813). Do not invent the master’s name. ↩

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