Young William (ship)

Last updated November 13, 2019

Several ships have borne the name Young William:

Young William (1779 ship) was launched at Whitby in 1779. She was captured and recaptured in 1814 and was lost on Nargon Island in 1815.
Young William (1794 ship) was launched at Nantes in 1791 and captured by the British. She served as a whaler from 1794 until 1810 when a French frigate captured and burnt her off Madagascar.
Young William (1794 Whitby ship) was launched at Whitby in 1794. She made one voyage taking stores to Botany Bay. She then sailed to China, discovering or rediscovering several islands on the way. From China she carried a cargo to England for the British East India Company. Later, she made two voyages as a slave ship. She was wrecked in September 1802.

Young William was launched at Whitby in 1779. Initially, she was a West Indiaman. Later she traded more widely, particularly to Russia and the Baltic. She was captured and recaptured in 1814 and was lost on Nargon Island in 1815.

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The vessel that would become Young William was built in 1791 at Nantes. The British captured her in 1794 and Daniel Bennett purchased her that year. She then went on to make 10 voyages for him. French privateers captured her twice, but on the first occasion the British Royal Navy recaptured her, and on the second her captor did not keep her. Still, the French Navy captured and burnt her in 1810 on her eleventh voyage.

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