Ranger (1786 ship)

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British-Red-Ensign-1707.svgGreat Britain
NameRanger
Launched1774, Virginia
Acquired1786
FateWrecked 1797
General characteristics
Tons burthen300, or 350 [1] (bm)
Armament6 × 4-pounder guns (1781–1783)

Ranger was launched in 1774 in Virginia, possibly under another name. Between at least 1781 and 1786 she was the London transport Thames. Then from 1786 until 1794, she became the Hull-based whaler Ranger. She was wrecked in 1797.

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Career

Unavailable issues and missing pages in issues available on line mean that Thames first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1781. [1]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1781J.MoodyScott & Co.New York–London
London transport		LR
1782J.Moody
A.M'Larty		Scott & Co.London transportLR
1784A.M'IartyScott & Co.London transportLR
1786A.M'IartyScott & Co.LondonLR; thorough repair 1785

In 1786 new owners renamed ThamesRanger, and sailed her as a whaler in the Greenland whale fishery.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1786John PottsTowers & Co.Hull–GreenlandLR; thorough repair 1785
YearMasterWhereWhales Tuns blubberSeals
1786PottsGreenland6 (or 8)86.250 (or 149)
1787PottsGreenland686.50 (or 59 + 2 "sea horses")
1788PottsGreenland4280
1789PottsGreenland1 (or 2)1631
YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1790J.PottsCaptain & Co.
Gilder & Co.		Hull–Greenland
Hull–Baltic		LR; thorough repair 1785 & damages repaired 1790
1791W.Chester
J.Potts		Gilder & Co.Hull–Baltic
Hull–Greenland		LR; thorough repair 1785 & damages repaired 1790
1792E.Hall
J.Potts		Gilder & Co.Petersburg–HullLR; thorough repair 1785 & damages repaired 1790
1793Illegible
M.Newham		Gilder & Co.Hull–GreenlandLR; thorough repair 1785 & damages repaired 1790
YearMasterWhereWhales Tuns blubberSeals
1791PottsGreenland
1792PottsGreenland352.250
1793355.5180
1794NewhamGreenland
YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1794M.NewhamGilder & Co.Hull–GreenlandLR; thorough repair 1785, damages repaired 1790, & good repair 1793

Fate

In January 1797 Lloyd's List reported that Ranger, Potts, master, had run aground at Whitby while coming from Shields. It was expected that she would be lost. [2]

Ranger was last listed in 1797 with data unchanged since 1794.

Citations

  1. 1 2 LR (1781), Seq.No.T29.
  2. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 2892. 24 January 1797. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105233100.
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