Chambers (1776 ship)
Chambers was launched in Bristol in 1776. she spent most of her brief career as a West Indiaman. An American privateer captured her in October 1782.
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Name: | Chambers |
Builder: | Bristol[1] |
Launched: | 1776 |
Captured: | 7 October 1782 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen: | 350[1] (bm) |
Armament: |
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Career
Chambers first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1776.[1]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
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1776 | Jn.Wallace Jn.Langley |
Dinham & Co. | Bristol-Petersburg Bristol–Jamaica |
LR |
1778 | A.Frizwell | Dinham & Co. | Bristol–Jamaica | LR |
1779 | A.Frizwell J.Langley |
Dinham & Co. | Bristol–Jamaica | LR |
1782 | J.Langley | Dinham R.Hunter? |
Bristol–Jamaica Bristol–Quebec |
LR |
A gale between 1 and 2 August 1781 drove Chambers, Langley, master, and some other vessels on shore at Jamaica.[2] she was gotten off and on 20 April 1782 sailed for Quebec, which she reached.
Loss
On 7 October 1782 the American privateer Buccaneer captured Chambers, Langley, master, off Cape Clear Island as Chambers was returning to Bristol from Quebec. Buccaneer sent Chambers to Lorient.[3]
Citations and references
Citations
- LR (1776), seq.No.C454.
- "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (1316). 2 November 1781. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (1407). 22 October 1782. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
References
- Williams, John; Powell, Damer (1930). Bristol Privateers and Ships of War. Bristol: J.W.Arrowsmith.
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