Owner Calvert & Co. Tons burthen 350 (bm) | Builder Shoreham, Sussex Sail plan Ship rig | |
Captured May 1793 by a French privateer | ||
Active was a ship built in 1764. She transported convicts to Australia in 1791. She returned home via Bombay, carrying a cargo for the British East India Company (EIC). A French privateer captured her in May 1793 as she was returning to Britain.
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Active was almost rebuilt in 1785. The next year her trade was given as London-Jamaica.
Convict transport
She served the EIC from 1791 until 1793. Under the command of John Mitchinson, master, she departed Plymouth on 27 March 1791 as part of the third fleet, and arrived on 26 September 1791 in Port Jackson, New South Wales. She embarked 175 male convicts, 21 of whom died during the voyage.
Active left Port Jackson on 3 December 1791, in company with Albemarle.
Fate
Active left Bombay on 23 December 1792 in company with Albemarle. French privateers captured Active in May 1793. One source states that she was coming from Canton and that her captor took her to Morlaix, France. A contemporary report in Lloyd's List reports Active as having come from Bombay, and her captor taking her into Brest. The same issue has a separate report of a privateer having taken Albemarle and having sent her into France. A later report has Albemarle going into Morlaix.