Nancy (1792 ship)

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British-Red-Ensign-1707.svgGreat Britain
NameNancy
Owner
  • 1792: Phynn & Co. [1]
  • 1805:Burstall & Co.
BuilderBarnard, Deptford [2]
Launched10 January 1792 [2]
FateBurnt 17 June 1805
General characteristics
Tons burthen250, [1] or 354 [2] (bm)
PropulsionSail
Armament10 × 6-pounder guns [3]

Nancy was launched in 1792 and traded with Quebec. In 1793 she made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC). On her return, the Sierra Leone Company purchased her, one of several vessels the company purchased to support their colony for Free Blacks. As she traded with Sierra Leone, a French privateer captured her, though the British Royal Navy recaptured her only days later. She then traded more widely. A French squadron captured her in 1805 and burnt her.

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Career

Nancy first appeared in the 1792 volume of Lloyd's Register with A. Patterson, master, Phynn & Co., owners, and trade London—Quebec. [1]

EIC voyage (1793-1795): Captain Alexander Patterson sailed from the Lizard on 29 December 1793, bound for Bengal. Nancy reached Calcutta on 20 June 1794. She left Bengal on 3 September and by 25 September was at Madras. From there she reached Saint Helena on 10 December, and Kinsale on 12 February 1795. She arrived at Beachy Head on 26 February. [4]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1795PattersonPhyn & Co.London—QuebecLR
1800DavidsonPhynn & Co.London—Quebec
London—Sierra Leone [3] 		LR
1801Davidson Sierra Leone Company London–Sierra LeoneLR

On 2 April 1801, as Nancy, Davidson master, was returning from Sierra Leone, the French privateer Braave captured Nancy at 50°42′N12°14′W / 50.700°N 12.233°W / 50.700; -12.233 . [5] Four days later, HMS Cambrian recaptured Nancy. [6] Nancy arrived at Plymouth before 14 April. [5] Cambrian shared the prize money with Venerable and Superb. [7]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1802DavidsonSierra Leone Company
Burstall & Co.		London–Sierra Leone
Hull–Nantes		LR

The Peace of Amiens having taken effect in early 1802, Nancy's new owners, operating out of Kingston upon Hull, started trading with France. With the resumption of war with France, they started trading more widely, sailing Nancy to the Mediterranean, the Baltic, and finally, the West Indies.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1803Reynolds
F.Ruston		Burstall & Co.Hull–Naples
Hull–Petersburg		LR; repairs 1802
1804F.Ruston
P.Lamont		Burstall & Co.Hull–Petersburg
Hull–Grenada		LR; repairs 1802
1805W. CookBurstall & Co.London—AntiguaLR; repairs 1802

Fate

On 7 June 1805, Nancy, Cook, master, sailed from Antigua in a convoy of 15 merchantmen under the escort of HMS Netley and Barbadoes. [8] [a] They had the misfortune on 8 June to encounter a Franco-Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve. The two British warships managed to escape, but Villeneuve's fleet captured the entire convoy, valued at some five million pounds. He sent the convoy to Guadeloupe under the escort of the frigate Sirène. [9] However, on her way Sirène encountered several British frigates. She escaped after burning the merchantmen on 17 June. [10]

Notes

  1. ↑ Barbadoes was the former French privateer Braave, which had captured Nancy in 1801.

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Lloyd's Register (1792), №N310.
  2. 1 2 3 Hackman (2001), p. 239.
  3. 1 2 Lloyd's Register (1800), Seq.№N16.
  4. ↑ British Library: Nancy (2).
  5. 1 2 Lloyd's List №4142.
  6. ↑ "No. 15357". The London Gazette . 21 April 1801. p. 431.
  7. ↑ "No. 15415". The London Gazette . 6 October 1801. p. 1231.
  8. ↑ "NMM, vessel ID 372032" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol ii. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  9. ↑ James (1837), Vol. 3, p.351.
  10. ↑ Lloyd's List №4252.

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