Categories
  Encyclosphere.org ENCYCLOREADER
  supported by EncyclosphereKSF

Trelawney (1792 ship)

From HandWiki - Reading time: 1 min

Short description: British merchantman (1792–1806)
History
Great Britain
Name: Trelawney
Launched: 1792, Bristol
Fate: Wrecked 1806
Notes: Trelawney is sometimes confused with Trelawney (1781 ship), also of Bristol and of a similar burthen.
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 370,[1] or 373, or 376 (bm)
Armament: 6 × 6-pounder guns

Trelawney or Trelawny was a ship launched at Bristol in 1792 as a West Indiaman. She was wrecked in 1806.

Career

Trelawny first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1792.[1]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1792 John Blake J.Gordon Bristol–Jamaica LR
1798 J.Blake
J.Lake
J.Gordon
T. Par & Co.
Bristol–Jamaica
Liverpool–Africa
LR
1799 J.Blake
R.Hooper
J.Gordon Bristol–Jamaica LR
1801 R.Hooper
J.Tilley
J.Gordon
W.Miles
Bristol–Jamaica LR
1806 J.Tilley
R.Moon
W.Miles Bristol–Jamaica LR

Fate

Trelawney, Moon, master, was wrecked in December 1806 on the Ness Sands, in the Bristol Channel, with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Jamaica.[2] A falling mast killed the captain; eleven crew members and passengers drowned.[3] The mate, pilot, and 15 to 20 others survived by taking to the ship's boats.

Citations and references

Citations

References

  • Farr, Grahame E., ed (1950). Records of Bristol Ships, 1800-1838 (vessels over 150 tons). 15. Bristol Record Society. 





Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 | Source: https://handwiki.org/wiki/Engineering:Trelawney_(1792_ship)
4 views | Status: cached on October 06 2024 03:31:09
↧ Download this article as ZWI file
Encyclosphere.org EncycloReader is supported by the EncyclosphereKSF