Which English ship was in Kamchatka in 1793?
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According to James Gibson's "Otter Skins, Boston Ships and China Goods", the ship was the Halcyon of Captain Charles Barkley. At Petropavlovsk (the only practical place to winter in Kamchatka) in 1793, it attempted to sell "ironwware, rum, anchors, cables, cordage" but despite the goods' low prices, the commandant said he had no authority to buy anything, and local merchants said they had no cash. Unusually, Captain Barkley had the company of his family on board.
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In a letter from Baranov to Shelikhov, written in July 1793, he mentions an English ship named Phoenix. It doesn't explicitly mention when the ship arrived there or if it had wintered there.
Here I encountered the English ship Phoenix, 2 masts, 85 feet long. This ship has sailed from East Indian to Canton, Manila, and then to Nootka in America, and from there followed the coast to Chugach Bay. On this voyage, trading with different people, they accumulated a big quantity of furs. During a storm, they lost two masts and now were replacing them in Chugach Bay. Their intention was to sail back to Canton. The captain, by the name of Moore, is an Englishman from Ireland. At first he was afraid of my fleet of baidarkas and the natives, but finally we became friends and during bad weather I spent five days on board his ship and had all my meals with him.
However, the reply from Shelikhov does indicate that foreign ships were unwelcome
We are very much astonished at your unconcern about the visit of the English ship (Phoenix, Capt Hugh Moore). You knew, even before you got the new regulations, that visits by foreign vessels cannot be tolerated. … The ship you met was in serious danger from natives, but you warned them. I don’t think that would have had such friendly assistance if you happened to be at Nootka or California. Probably we would have had to say farewell to you, and would never have seen you again….. In the future….be bold enough to tell the foreigners that they have no right to trade.
So this English ship may have been the only one to visit at that time.
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