Lady Taylor (1781 ship)

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
NameCrown
Launched1781, Yarmouth[1]
RenamedLady Taylor
FateWrecked August 1796
General characteristics
Tons burthen379,[2] or 400[1] (bm)
Armament
  • 1782: 4 × 6-pounder guns[1]
  • Armed ship:20 guns

Career

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Lady 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

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In August 1796 Lady Taylor, Walstrew, master, was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[5]

Citations

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  1. ^ a b c d LR (1782), Seq.No.L272.
  2. ^ a b Winfield (2008), p. 388.
  3. ^ ADM 35/1006 - Ships' pay books: Lady Taylor.
  4. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 2597. 25 March 1794. hdl:2027/hvd.32044050633098.
  5. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (2851). 2 September 1796. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105233118.

References

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  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781861762467.