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Wright was a merchantman launched at Shields, Northumberland, in 1794 and owned by the Newcastle mariner and brewer, Stephen Wright. From 1797 to 1801 she was a hired armed ship for the British Royal Navy during which service she captured a French privateer. She then returned to mercantile service, sailing out of Newcastle, first as a transport and then trading between Newcastle and Charleston. She was captured circa December 1809.
History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | Wright |
Owner | Stephen Wright |
Builder | Thomas Hearn, North Shields[1] |
Launched | 1794 |
Captured | c. December 1809 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 341[2] (bm) |
Armament |
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Wright first appeared in Lloyd's Register in the 1797 issue with E.Walker, master, Wright, owner, and trade Saint Petersburgh–Portsmouth.[3]
Armed ship: Wright's contract with the Admiralty lasted from 6 May 1797 to 5 December 1801.[2] In May 1797 Commander Thomas Campbell commissioned Wright for the North Sea.[4]
On 7 April 1798, Wright, Captain Thomas Campbell, was about six leagues from Huntcliff when she recaptured three colliers that a French privateer had captured earlier that morning.[lower-alpha 1] After securing the three colliers, Campbell set out after the privateer. He captured her after a chase of about six and a half hours during which she had thrown five of her six guns overboard. Her name was Marveilleuse and she had a crew of 39 men under the command of Pierre Lefevre. She was eight days out of Dunkirk and had only taken one collier the day before.[5][lower-alpha 2] On 13 April Lloyd's List (LL) reported that the armed ship Wrights had brought into Tynemouth a privateer of six guns and her three prizes. The privateer had left Dunkirk on 2 April in company with six other privateers.[8]
Merchantman: Wright appeared in the Register of Shipping (RS) volume for 1802 with J.Mills, master, S.Wright, owner, and trade Newcastle transport.[9]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
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1806 | S.Mills | S.Wright | Newcastle transport | RS |
1810 | Gillespy | S.Wright | Newcastle–Charleston | RS |
LL reported on 2 January 1810 that Wright, Scott, master, of six guns and 17 men, had been captured and taken into Rotterdam.[10]
RS continued to carry Wright for a number of years, but with data unchanged since 1809. LL had not carried Wright after the Admiralty hired her.
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