Lord Duncan (1798 ship)

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

History
Great Britain
NameLord Duncan
NamesakeAdam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan
Launched1798, New Brunswick[1]
FateCaptured 28 February 1804
General characteristics
Tons burthen231[1] (bm)
Armament
  • 1799: 16 × 4-pounder guns[1]
  • 1802: 2 × 4-pounder guns

Lord Duncan was launched in New Brunswick in 1798. She transferred to Britain circa 1799. A French privateer captured her in 1800 but the Royal Navy recaptured her. A second French privateer captured her in 1804 and took her into Guadeloupe.

Career

Lord Duncan first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in the volume for 1799.[1]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1799 Cameron
Robert Lyon 		Buchanan
R.Miller 		Greenock–New Providence
Greenock–St Kitts 		LR

The French privateer Brave captured Lord Duncan, Lyon, master. Lord Duncan, Robert Lyon, master, was carrying a cargo of sugar, rum, coffee, and cotton, from Antigua to Glasgow.[2] However, the cutter Viper recaptured Lord Duncan, which arrived at Falmouth.[3] The recapture took place on 27 June 1800, and at the time Viper was in company with Excellent.[4] Captain Lyon on 7 July 1800, wrote a letter from Bordeaux. He reported that Brave, Captain Beck, had captured Lord Duncan on 27 May at 50°48′N 24°00′W / 50.800°N 24.000°W / 50.800; -24.000. He also listed a number of other vessels that Brave had captured, including Latona.[5]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1801 R.Lyon
A.Miller 		R.Miller
J.Miller 		Greenock–New Providence LR
1802 A.Miller J.Miller Greenock–New York
London–Antigua 		LR
1803 A.Miller
M.Alderson 		J.Miller
William Boyd 		Greenock–Antigua
London–St Vincent 		LR

Fate

On 28 February 1804 Lord Duncan was on her way from London to St Vincents and in the latitude of Barbados when she encountered the French privateer Grand Decidé. The privateer took Lord Duncan into Guadeloupe.[a]

Notes

  1. ^ Grand Décidé was a privateer under Mathieu Goy, commissioned in Guadeloupe in January 1804.[6]

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d LR (1799), Seq.No.L317.
  2. ^ "PLYMOUTH". 10 July 1800, Trewman's Exeter Flying Post (Exeter, England), Issue: 1917.
  3. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4066. 8 July 1800. hdl:2027/mdp.39015036615428.
  4. ^ "No. 15386". The London Gazette. 14 July 1801. p. 843.
  5. ^ "Intelligence from Lloyd's List". 18 August 1800, Aberdeen Journal (Aberdeen, Scotland), Issue: 2745.
  6. ^ Demerliac (2003), p. 321, n°2745.

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