Holderness (1789 ship)

History
Great Britain
NameHolderness
NamesakeHolderness
Owner
  • 1789: Green & Co.
  • 1796-7:Various
  • 1798:Bruce & Co.
  • 1802:Dobkin & Co.
BuilderSelby, Yorkshire
Launched18 April 1789
FateCaptured and burnt 2 August 1806
General characteristics
Tons burthen353, or 3537394, or 361 (bm)
Length105 ft 5 in (32.1 m) (overall); 84 ft 4 in (25.7 m) (keel)
Beam28 ft 1 in (8.6 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 8 in (4.2 m)
PropulsionSail
Complement30
Armament8 × 12&4-pounder guns

Holderness was launched in 1789 at Selby, Yorkshire. She made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC) in 1794–95. She then became a West Indiaman until 1801 when a new owner used her as a Greenland whaler. In 1806 two French warships captured and burnt her.