Lady Taylor was launched at Yarmouth in 1781 as Crown; she was renamed Lady Taylor the next year, and sailed as a West Indiaman. Between April 1793 and September 1794 she served as a hired armed sloop for the Royal Navy, during which time she convoyed merchant ships and captured one Dutch merchant ship. She returned to the West Indies trade and was wrecked in August 1796.
| History | |
|---|---|
 Great Britain | |
| Name | Crown |
| Launched | 1781, Yarmouth[1] |
| Renamed | Lady Taylor |
| Fate | Wrecked August 1796 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 379,[2] or 400[1] (bm) |
| Armament |
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Career
editLady Taylor first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1782.[1]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1782 | R.Ruthven | Mangles & Co. | London–Jamaica | LR |
| 1787 | Ruthven W.Black |
Mangles & Co. Long & Co. |
London–Jamaica | LR |
| 1792 | W.Black R.Major |
G.&J.Abel | London–Jamaica London−Narva |
LR; small repairs 1790 |
| 1793 | R.Major Welsher |
G.&J.Abel | London−Narva | LR; small repairs 1790 |
Hired armed ship: The Royal Navy hired Lady Taylor on a contract that lasted from 27 April 1793,[3] to 11 September 1794.[2] Commander Richard Rutherford commissioned Lady Taylor in 1793.
In March 1794, Lloyd's List reported that the armed ship Lady Taylor had brought into Dover the heavily laden merchantman Jonge Pieter.[4]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1794 | Welsher | J&J Abel | London | LR; small repairs 1790 |
Fate
editIn August 1796 Lady Taylor, Walstrew, master, was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[5]
Citations
edit- ^ a b c d LR (1782), Seq.No.L272.
- ^ a b Winfield (2008), p. 388.
- ^ ADM 35/1006 - Ships' pay books: Lady Taylor.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 2597. 25 March 1794. hdl:2027/hvd.32044050633098.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (2851). 2 September 1796. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105233118.
References
edit- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781861762467.