Trelawney (1783 ship)

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British-Red-Ensign-1707.svgGreat Britain
NameTrelawney
Launched1783, Liverpool
Captured1800 (twice)
FateWrecked, 19 February 1803
General characteristics
Tons burthen560, [1] or 616, [2] [3] or 635, or 640 [3] (bm)
Length125 ft 3 in (38.2 m) [2]
Beam34 ft 0 in (10.4 m) [2]
Complement
Armament
  • 1793:12 × 9-pounder guns [3]
  • 1800:24 × 9-pounder guns [3]
  • 1801:24 × 9&12-pounder guns [3]
NotesThree decks & three masts

Trelawney (or Trelawny) was launched in 1783 in Liverpool as a West Indiaman. In 1800 a French privateer captured her as Trelawney was sailing to the Mediterranean, but the Royal Navy quickly recaptured her. The ship traded with North America until she was wrecked on 19 February 1803.

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Career

Trelawney was reported to have been originally intended to be a 36-gun frigate. [4] She first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1784. [1]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1784HarrisonRichard WattsLiverpool–JamaicaLR

In July 1788 Trelawney, Harrison, master, arrived at Liverpool from Jamaica. She brought with her the crew of Morant, Aikin master. Morant had been wrecked on the Key of the Cockscombs while sailing from Jamaica to Bristol. [5] [lower-alpha 1]

On 19 October 1790 Captain Henry Bunster replaced Captain Thomas Harrison as master of Trelawney, [2] however the change did not appear in Lloyd's Register. Then on 15 November 1791 Captain John Gillis replaced Captain Bunster. [2]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1792Harrison
J.Gillis
Watt & Co.Liverpool–JamaicaLR; raised 1785
1793Gillis
R.Cummins
Watt & Co.Liverpool–JamaicaLR; raised 1785

On 22 October 1793, Captain Robert Cummins replaced Gillis. War with France had broken out in early 1793 and on 17 October Cummins acquired a letter of marque. [3]

In 1796 Trelawney was sold to residents of Glasgow.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1796Cummins
J.Malcolm
Watt & Co.Liverpool–JamaicaLR; raised 1784
1797Malcolm
N.Kennedy
Hunter & Co.Liverpool–Nova ScotiaLR; raised 1784 & repaired 1795
1798Kennedy
J.Lockart
Hunter & Co.
Bristol–Halifax
Liverpool Martinique
LR; raised 1784, repaired 1795 & 1798
1800Kenedy
Lockhard
Taylor & Co.
Hume
Liverpool−Martinique
Liverpool–Leghorn
LR; repairs 1798

Captain John Lockhard acquired a letter of marque on 7 January 1800. [3]

On 14 February 1800 HMS Endymion and Amazon recaptured Trelawney, [7] which had been sailing from Liverpool to Leghorn when the French Saint Malo privateer Bougainville captured her. Amazon also captured Bougainville, of eighteen 6-pounder guns and eighty-two men. The next day Bougainville ran into Amazon, lost her masts and foundered, but all but one man of her crew were saved. [8] Amazon, including Bougainville's crew, Endymion, and Trelawney arrived at Portsmouth on 21 February. [9] [lower-alpha 2]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1801P.Lockard
D.Stamper
Bayley & Co.
Hulme & Co.
Liverpool–Leghorn
Liverpool-Virginia
LR; raised 1784, repaired 1795 & 1798, and large repair 1802
1802D.Stamper
L.Afflick
D.Hulme & Co.Liverpool-VirginiaLR; raised 1784, repaired 1795 & 1798, and large repair 1802

On 5 February 1801 Captain Isaac Duck acquired a letter of marque. On 28 December 1801 he returned to Liverpool from Virginia. His tenure as master of Trelawney did not appear in Lloyd's Register.

Fate

On 19 February 1803 Trelawney, Affleck, master, was returning to Liverpool from Baltimore. She took on board a pilot off Liverpool. Shortly thereafter she grounded on the Mad-Wharf sandbank, was refloated, but found to be so leaky that she was run onshore near Ravenglass, about 16 miles from Whitehaven, with 15 feet of water in her hold. [11] [12] The passengers were put ashore, but five lives were lost when a boat returning to the ship capsized. [3] [12] It was later reported that, despite hopes of salvage, she went to pieces on 25 February. [4]

Notes

  1. Morant, of 300 tons (bm), had been launched at Philadelphia in 1773, and lengthened in 1776. [6]
  2. Bougainville had been commissioned in 1799 with 82 men and 18 guns. Her homeport is unknown. [10]

Citations

  1. 1 2 LR (1784), Seq.No.T411.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Craig & Jarvis (1967), p. 33.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Letter of Marque, p.90 – Retrieved 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Marine Intelligence". Newcastle Courant. No. 6595. Newcastle on Tyne. 5 March 1803. p. 4. Retrieved 13 July 2022 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 2004. 18 July 1788. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  6. LR (1788), Seq.No.M414.
  7. "No. 15248". The London Gazette . 15 April 1800. p. 367.
  8. "No. 15233". The London Gazette . 22 February 1800. p. 186.
  9. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4024. 25 February 1800. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  10. Demerliac (1999), p. 323, No.3093.
  11. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4328. 25 February 1803. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  12. 1 2 "Marine Intelligence". Newcastle Courant. No. 6594. Newcastle on Tyne. 26 February 1803. p. 4. Retrieved 13 July 2022 via British Newspaper Archive.

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