Earl St Vincent (1803 ship)

For other ships with the same name, see Earl St Vincent (ship).

Earl St Vincent was a French ship that was captured and became a British merchantman in 1803. Captain William Emery acquired a letter of marque on 10 June 1803.^[2] In 1804 her master was W. Emery, her owner Dunsterville, and her trade Cork to the West Indies.^[3]

History
France
Name	Unknown
Launched	1794[1]
Captured	1803
United Kingdom
Name	Earl St. Vincent
Namesake	John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent
Owner	Dunsterville
Acquired	1803 by purchase of a prize
Fate	Last listed 1814
General characteristics
Tons burthen	106[2][1] (bm)
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	20[2]
Armament	6 × 9-pounder guns[2]

A French privateer captured her in late 1803 as she was sailing from Cork to Barbados but the British Royal Navy recaptured her and took her into Dominica.^[4][5]

She then traded out of Cork. She was last listed in Lloyd's Register in 1814.^[1]

Citations

1. Lloyd's Register (1814), Seq. №37.
2. Letter of Marque, p.60 - accessed 25 July 2017.
3. Register of Shipping (1804), Seq.№E53.
4. Naval chronicle, Vol. 11, p.176.
5. Lloyd's List №4416.