Lady Shore (1793 ship)

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British-Red-Ensign-1707.svgGreat Britain
NameLady Shore
NamesakeLady Charlotte Shore, wife of Sir John Shore
OwnerThomas Walton, Jr.
Builder Hull, England,
Launched17 August 1793 [1]
FateLost 1815
General characteristics [2]
Tons burthen315, [3] or 31574⁄94, [1] or 327 [4] (bm)
Length98 ft 4 in (30.0 m) (overall); 77 ft 6+3⁄4 in (23.6 m) (keel)
Beam27 ft 8 in (8.4 m)
Depth of hold16 ft 9 in (5.1 m)
Sail plan Barque or ship rigged
Complement27 [3]
Armament10 x 3 & 4-pounder guns [3]
NotesThis vessel is usually conflated with Lady Shore (1794 ship)

Lady Shore was a barque-rigged merchantman, launched in 1793 at Hull, England. She made two voyages as an "extra ship" (i.e., under charter) for the British East India Company (EIC), though capture by a French privateer cut short the second. She then returned to mercantile service, sailing primarily to the West Indies. She was wrecked near the Saint Lawrence River in 1815.

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Voyages to Bengal

Lady Shore's first voyage was as an "extra ship" in the services of the East India Company. [2] Under Captain John Christopher she sailed under a letter of marque dated 3 June 1794. [3] She sailed from Plymouth on 22 June 1794, bound for Bengal. She reached the Cape of Good Hope on 25 September, and Calcutta on 17 January 1795. On her return leg she was at Diamond Harbour on 16 March, Saint Helena on 1 June, the River Shannon on 13 September, and The Downs on 13 October. [2]

Her second voyage was more eventful. Captain Christopher sailed for Bengal again in 1796, [2] but on 19 July the French corvette Moineau captured her off the Cape of Good Hope. [5] Moineau was armed with twenty-six 9-pounder guns and had a crew of 190 men under the command of Commander Tayeau. [lower-alpha 1] He was sailing from Mauritius to Bordeaux when he encountered Lady Shore. The French took only a few prisoners, looted her stores and cargo, and then allowed her to proceed to the Cape. 19°S36°W / 19°S 36°W / -19; -36

The French released Lady Shore in Simon's Bay on 22 July. She left the Cape on 2 September and St Helena on 20 September. She reached The Downs in November. [2]

Subsequent career

Lady Shore, of 316 tons (bm), launched in Hull in 1793, appears in Lloyd's Register in 1799. In March 1803, Lloyd's List reported that Lady Shore had left Gibraltar on 11 February in a convoy under the escort of HMS Halcyon. [7]

YearMasterOwnerTradeNotes
1799Watson
L. Row		CampbellLondon-Jamaica10 × 4-pounder guns
1800L. RowMaillardLondon-Antigua6 × 4 & 4 × 3-pounder guns
1801L. RowMaillardLondon-Antigua6 × 4 & 4 × 3-pounder guns
1802L. RowMaillardLondon-Antigua6 × 4 & 4 × 3-pounder guns
1803L. RowMaillardLondon-Antigua
London-America		No armament described
1804L. RowMaillardLondon-AntiguaNo armament described
1805L. RowMaillardLondon-AntiguaNo armament described
1806J. Row
c? Row		MaillardLondon-Antigua
London transport		8 × 18-pounder carronades
1807No entry
1808RowOld & Co.London transport8 × 18-pounder carronades
1809I. RowT. OldLondon transportRegister of Shipping
Pages missing in Lloyd's Register
1810RowOld & Co.London transport8 × 18-pounder carronades
1811RowOld & Co.London transport8 × 18-pounder carronades
1812RowOld & Co.London transport8 × 18-pounder carronades
1813Row
Watson		Old & Co.London transport8 × 18-pounder carronades
1814C. WatsonOld & Co.London transport8 × 18-pounder carronades
1815C. WatsonOld & Co.London transport8 × 18-pounder carronades
1816Lost; no longer listed

Lloyd's List reported that the "Lady Shore Transport" had run aground at Margate on the morning of 29 November 1814, but that she had been gotten off the next day with only the loss of an anchor. Some boats then brought her into Westgate Bay. [8]

Fate

In July 1815, Lloyd's List reported that the transports Lady Shore, Watson, master, Fame, Shaw, master, Adamant, and Robert and Mary had all been lost near the Saint Lawrence River while sailing to Quebec. [9]

Notes

  1. ↑ Christopher apparently died on the way, as this information comes from a journal by James Wilson, who describes himself as the commander of the Lady Shore. [6] French sources give her armament as 16 guns.

Citations

  1. 1 2 Hackman (2001), p. 236.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 British Library: Lady Shore.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Letter of Marque, "War of 1812: UK sources for Privateers". Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015. - accessed 15 May 2011.
  4. ↑ Register of Shipping (1809), Seq.№L54.
  5. ↑ "Jacobinism Afloat - The Insurrection on the 'Lady Shore' in 1797". History Today. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  6. ↑ Pascoe, Gavin (24 September 2008) South Sea Miscellany: Prior adventures of the Lady Shore. - Accessed 11 May 2013.
  7. ↑ Lloyd's List, №4136 - accessed 16 October 2015.
  8. ↑ Lloyd's List, n°4927 -- accessed 16 October 2015.
  9. ↑ Lloyd's List, №4988 - accessed 16 October 2015.

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