Trelawney Planter (1790 ship)

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History
Great Britain
NameTrelawney Planter
NamesakeTrelawny, Jamaica
Launched1790, Jamaica
FateLast listed 1812
General characteristics
Tons burthen280,[1] or 305[2] (bm)
Armament2 × 6-pounder guns (1797)
NotesFrame constructed of bullet tree wood; pitch pine bottom, deck, & sides.[3]

Trelawney Planter was built in Jamaica in 1790. She sailed as a West Indiaman, sailing between London and Jamaica. She was not listed in Lloyd's Register (LR) between 1797 and 1802. She re-entered LR in 1802. She continued to trade, lastly trading between Hull and London. She was last listed in 1812.

Career[]

Captain James M'Donald sailed from Martha Brae on 21 July 1790, bound for London. Adverse winds forced him to sail via the Gulf of Mexico. On 5 August he sighted a Spanish fleet astern, consisting of several merchantmen and two warships as escort. In the evening of 7 August Trelawney Planter passed ahead of the fleet when a frigate, later reported to be Roussillon, of 36 guns, and under the command of Captain Don Fransisco Vidal, came up and ordered M'Donald to come aboard. When he did so, Captain Vidal berated him for sailing in Spanish waters. M'Donald replied that as the passage consisted of Spanish territory on the one side (Florida), and British territory on the other (the Bahamas), he was entitled to sail there. Vidal then caused M.Donald to be confined all night between two guns on the quarterdeck. Next morning Vidal had M'Donald tied up on the Fo'csle in the burning sun for three and a half hours. Vidal sent two officers and seventeen men, including a Negro to act as interpreter, to Trelawney Planter to search her. They returned, having found nothing indicating that she might engage in piracy, or smuggling of contraband. The Spaniards finally released M'Donald, his men, and Trelawney Planter at about 1pm on 8 August.[4]

Trelawney Planter arrived at Gravesend on 18 September 1790. She first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in the volume for 1791.[2]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1791 M'Donald R.Shedden London–Jamaica LR
1797 M'Donald R.Shedden London–Jamaica LR

Trelawney Planter disappeared from Lloyd's Register between 1797 and 1802; her disposition during this period is between currently obscure. In 1801 Shedden sailed a second, slightly larger Trelawney Planter.

Trelawney Planter re-appeared in the 1802 volume of Lloyd's Register.[1]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1802 J.Crear Walker & Co. Leith–Tobago LR
1806 J.Crear
J.Gunn 		Walker & Co. Leith–Tobago LR
1807 J.Gunn
Wiseman 		Walker & Co. Leith–Tobago LR
1809 Wiseman
J.Fell 		Lind & Co. Leith–Tobago LR
1810 J.Fell Robinson Hull–London LR
1811 J.Fell
Simmons 		Robinson Hull–London LR

Citations[]

  1. ^ a b LR (1802), Supple. pages "T", Seq.No.T5.
  2. ^ a b LR (1791), Seq.No.T329.
  3. ^ Lloyd's Register (1792), Seq.No.T189.
  4. ^ Naval Chronicle, July-December 1807, Vol 18, pp.41–44.
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