Resolution (1802 ship)


Resolution was a brig built in Spain and launched in 1800 that was probably a prize. The Brethren's Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel among the Heathen purchased her in 1802 for service as a Moravian Church mission ship. These vessels made an annual voyage from London to the Moravian Church mission stations in Labrador every summer bringing provisions and exchanging missionaries. The Church sold her in 1808 and she was wrecked on the coast of Africa in 1810.
Resolution first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1802 with J. Fraser, master, and, owner. The only information on her held in the church archives states that she was "...a Spanish vessel... captured and sold as a prize."
She continued in service as a mission ship into 1808 when the missionary society reportedly sold her in the autumn.
YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1809J.Frazier
Blaksley		WellerLondon–Labrador
Illegible		Register of Shipping
1810T.BlaksleyT.WilsonLondon–AfricaRS

The Register of Shipping for 1810 carried the annotation "LOST" by her name.
On 19 January 1809, Resolution, Blakely, master, arrived at Portsmouth, bound for Africa. However, a gale there on 30 January cost her her bowsprit, foremast, and rigging. On 5 May, Resolution, Blakesby, master, sailed from Portsmouth for Gorée as part of a small convoy. On 31 May Resolution, Blakesby, master, was at Madeira, having come from London. LL reported on 28 August 1810 that Resolution, Blaksley, master, had been totally lost on the coast of Africa.
Lloyd's Register continued to carry her with unchanged ownership through to 1814, though by 1811 her master was A. Fraser. She was no longer listed after 1814.

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