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| Name: | Rachel |
| Builder: | Spain |
| Launched: | 1795 |
| Acquired: | 1801 |
| Fate: | Wrecked c.1810 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 224, [1] [2] or 228, [2] or 230 [3] (bm) |
| Sail plan: | Brig |
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Rachael (or Rachel) was launched in 1795 at Spain and may have been taken in prize in 1799. She entered British records in 1801. In 1803 she suffered a maritime mishap, and later was captured by a French privateer, but recaptured by the British Royal Navy. She was lost at Fayal, Azores in 1810.
Rachel first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1801 with S.Elison, master, Hunter & Co., owner, and trade Liverpool–Suriname. She had undergone small repairs in 1801. [1]
On 22 February 1803 Lloyd's List (LL) reported that Rachel, Ellison, master, had come from Cadiz and had run aground on the Parade Bank in Liverpool Bay on 16 February 1803. [4] She was gotten off and then was at Liverpool, full of water. [5]
Captain Seacombe Ellison acquired a letter of marque on 25 June 1803. [2]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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| 1803 | S.Ellison | Cass & Co. | Liverpool–Cadiz Liverpool–Honduras | LR; small repairs 1801; damages repaired and bottom almost new 1803 [6] |
On 2 December as Rachael was returning to England from Honduras, she encountered the French privateer Vaillant at 49°10′N11°00′W / 49.167°N 11.000°W . Vaillant captured Rachael and sent her for Bordeaux. [7]
On 6 December 1803 HMS Goliath recaptured Rachael. After arbitration Goliath had to share the prize money with HMS Defiance. [8] Rachael came into Plymouth. [9]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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| 1805 | S.Ellison R.Blackburn | Cass & Co. | Liverpool–Honduras | LR; small repairs 1801; damages repaired and bottom almost new 1803 |
| 1807 | R.Blackburn J.Williams | R.Kitchen | Liverpool–Africa | LR; small repairs 1801; damages repaired and bottom almost new 1803 |
Captain Joseph Williams acquired a letter of marque on 16 September 1807. [2] On 17 October 1808 Rachael, Williams, master, was on her way back to Liverpool from Africa when she had to put in to Bristol in some distress. [10]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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| 1809 | J.Williams J.Wylie | Twemlow | Liverpool–Africa | LR; small repairs 1801; damages repaired and bottom almost new 1803 |
| 1810 | J.Wylie | Twemlow | Liverpool–Suriname | LR; small repairs 1801; damages repaired and bottom almost new 1803 |
Lloyd's List reported on 20 March 1810 that Rachel, Wylie, master, had been wrecked at Fayal with the loss by drowning of Wylie and five of his crew. [11] The Register of Shipping (RS) for 1810 had the annotation "LOST" by her name. [3]
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