Traveller (1792 ship)

British merchant ship 1792–1806

For other ships with the same name, see Traveller (ship).

History
Great Britain
Name| Traveller
Owner| Jos. Holt and Jn. Mellar
Builder| G. and N. Langborne, Whitby
Launched| 1792
Fate| Lost 1806
General characteristics
Tons burthen| 393[1] (bm)
Armament| 6 × 6-pounder guns (1795); later 6 × 4-pounder guns

Traveller was a ship launched at Whitby in 1792. First she traded with the Baltic, then she was a London-based transport, next she traded between London and Quebec, and lastly she traded between England and the Baltic. She was lost in 1806 at Riga.

## Career

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Traveller first entered Lloyd's Register in the 1793 volume.[2]

Year  | Master  | Owner  | Trade  | Source & source

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1793  | S.Ellerby  | J.Holt  | Hull–Petersburg  | LR
1798  | Ellerby
Middleton  | J.Holt  | London–Petersburg
London transport  | LR
1806  | Middleton  | J.Holt  | London–Quebec  | LR
1807  | Dunning  | J.Holt  | Whitby–Baltic  | Register of Shipping; small repairs 1805

## Fate

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Traveller, Denning, master, arrived at Riga from London on 19 September 1806. Lloyd's List reported in November that Traveller, Denning, master, of Whitby, was one of four vessels reported to be on shore at Riga, all of which were totally lost.[3] Another source gave the year of loss as 1807.[1]

## Citations

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1. ^ a b Weatherill (1908), p. 92.
2. ^ LR (1793), Seq.NO.333.
3. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4097\. 7 November 1806. hdl:2027/mdp.39015005721496.

## References

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* Weatherill, Richard (1908). The ancient port of Whitby and its shipping. Whitby: Horne and Son.