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Name | Rachel |
Builder | Spain |
Launched | 1795 |
Acquired | 1801 |
Fate | Wrecked c.1810 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 224, [1] [2] or 228, [2] or 230 [3]( bm) |
Sail plan | Brig |
Complement | |
Armament |
Rachael (or Rachel) was launched in 1795 at Spain and may have been taken in prize in 1799. She entered British records in 1801. In 1803 she suffered a maritime mishap, and later was captured by a French privateer, but recaptured by the British Royal Navy. She was lost at Fayal, Azores in 1810.
Rachel first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1801 with S.Elison, master, Hunter & Co., owner, and trade Liverpool–Suriname. She had undergone small repairs in 1801. [1]
On 22 February 1803 Lloyd's List (LL) reported that Rachel, Ellison, master, had come from Cadiz and had run aground on the Parade Bank in Liverpool Bay on 16 February 1803. [4] She was gotten off and then was at Liverpool, full of water. [5]
Captain Seacombe Ellison acquired a letter of marque on 25 June 1803. [2]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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1803 | S.Ellison | Cass & Co. | Liverpool–Cadiz Liverpool–Honduras |
LR; small repairs 1801; damages repaired and bottom almost new 1803 [6] |
On 2 December as Rachael was returning to England from Honduras, she encountered the French privateer Vaillant at 49°10′N 11°00′W / 49.167°N 11.000°W. Vaillant captured Rachael and sent her for Bordeaux. [7]
On 6 December 1803 HMS Goliath recaptured Rachael. After arbitration Goliath had to share the prize money with HMS Defiance. [8] Rachael came into Plymouth. [9]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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1805 | S.Ellison R.Blackburn |
Cass & Co. | Liverpool–Honduras | LR; small repairs 1801; damages repaired and bottom almost new 1803 |
1807 | R.Blackburn J.Williams |
R.Kitchen | Liverpool–Africa | LR; small repairs 1801; damages repaired and bottom almost new 1803 |
Captain Joseph Williams acquired a letter of marque on 16 September 1807. [2] On 17 October 1808 Rachael, Williams, master, was on her way back to Liverpool from Africa when she had to put in to Bristol in some distress. [10]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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1809 | J.Williams J.Wylie |
Twemlow | Liverpool–Africa | LR; small repairs 1801; damages repaired and bottom almost new 1803 |
1810 | J.Wylie | Twemlow | Liverpool–Suriname | LR; small repairs 1801; damages repaired and bottom almost new 1803 |
Lloyd's List reported on 20 March 1810 that Rachel, Wylie, master, had been wrecked at Fayal with the loss by drowning of Wylie and five of his crew. [11] The Register of Shipping (RS) for 1810 had the annotation "LOST" by her name. [3]
History | |
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Name | Rachel |
Builder | Spain |
Launched | 1795 |
Acquired | 1801 |
Fate | Wrecked c.1810 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 224, [1] [2] or 228, [2] or 230 [3]( bm) |
Sail plan | Brig |
Complement | |
Armament |
Rachael (or Rachel) was launched in 1795 at Spain and may have been taken in prize in 1799. She entered British records in 1801. In 1803 she suffered a maritime mishap, and later was captured by a French privateer, but recaptured by the British Royal Navy. She was lost at Fayal, Azores in 1810.
Rachel first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1801 with S.Elison, master, Hunter & Co., owner, and trade Liverpool–Suriname. She had undergone small repairs in 1801. [1]
On 22 February 1803 Lloyd's List (LL) reported that Rachel, Ellison, master, had come from Cadiz and had run aground on the Parade Bank in Liverpool Bay on 16 February 1803. [4] She was gotten off and then was at Liverpool, full of water. [5]
Captain Seacombe Ellison acquired a letter of marque on 25 June 1803. [2]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1803 | S.Ellison | Cass & Co. | Liverpool–Cadiz Liverpool–Honduras |
LR; small repairs 1801; damages repaired and bottom almost new 1803 [6] |
On 2 December as Rachael was returning to England from Honduras, she encountered the French privateer Vaillant at 49°10′N 11°00′W / 49.167°N 11.000°W. Vaillant captured Rachael and sent her for Bordeaux. [7]
On 6 December 1803 HMS Goliath recaptured Rachael. After arbitration Goliath had to share the prize money with HMS Defiance. [8] Rachael came into Plymouth. [9]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1805 | S.Ellison R.Blackburn |
Cass & Co. | Liverpool–Honduras | LR; small repairs 1801; damages repaired and bottom almost new 1803 |
1807 | R.Blackburn J.Williams |
R.Kitchen | Liverpool–Africa | LR; small repairs 1801; damages repaired and bottom almost new 1803 |
Captain Joseph Williams acquired a letter of marque on 16 September 1807. [2] On 17 October 1808 Rachael, Williams, master, was on her way back to Liverpool from Africa when she had to put in to Bristol in some distress. [10]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1809 | J.Williams J.Wylie |
Twemlow | Liverpool–Africa | LR; small repairs 1801; damages repaired and bottom almost new 1803 |
1810 | J.Wylie | Twemlow | Liverpool–Suriname | LR; small repairs 1801; damages repaired and bottom almost new 1803 |
Lloyd's List reported on 20 March 1810 that Rachel, Wylie, master, had been wrecked at Fayal with the loss by drowning of Wylie and five of his crew. [11] The Register of Shipping (RS) for 1810 had the annotation "LOST" by her name. [3]