Island Colours — Four Americans Nevis
Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. A slip and hull. Not a portrait.
Overview
The enforcement order stays on Navigation Act — Boreas Enforcement. The eight-week restraint stays on Eight Weeks Duresse — Nevis. This note covers the four Nevis seizures only. Southey says Collingwood in the Mediator, and his brother Wilfred Collingwood in the Rattler, actively co-operated; many foreign vessels were seized and condemned before Boreas reached Nevis.1
The Four Ships
Southey says that when the Boreas arrived at Nevis she found four American vessels deeply laden, flying island colours — white, with a red cross. They were ordered to hoist their proper flag and depart within eight-and-forty hours. They refused, denying they were Americans. Crews examined in Nelson’s cabin, the judge of the admiralty present, confessed that hull and cargo were wholly American property, and he seized them. The four ships were later condemned.2
The £40,000 figure and the eight weeks stay off this page. Frances stays off this page.
Sources
Related
Navigation
Same Subject
Cross-Domain
Footnotes
-
Enforcement order only: Navigation Act — Boreas Enforcement. Restraint only: Eight Weeks Duresse — Nevis. ↩
-
Four American vessels, island colours white with a red cross; eight-and-forty hours; four ships condemned: @southey1813nelson vol. 1, pp. 62–63, 65 (1813). Do not add the £40,000 figure, the Pity line, or Frances on this page. ↩