Engineering:Greyhound (1791 ship)

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History
United Kingdom
Name: Greyhound (from 1791)
Builder: Dover
Launched: 1784
Fate: Wrecked c.June 1796
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 74 (bm)

Greyhound was a smack launched at Dover in 1784, possibly under another name. In 1791, as Greyhound, she made a voyage as a whaler to the Southern Whale Fishery. She then became a West Indiaman. She was wrecked in 1796 as she was outward bound on a voyage to Jamaica.

Career

Greyhound first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1792.[1]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1792 A.Crow Dudman London–Southern Fishery LR; raised 1791
  • Whaling voyage (1791–1793): Captain A.Crow sailed from London on 12 November 1791, bound for Cape Verde.[2] She arrived back at Falmouth on 28 April 1793. She had fished off Patagonia and she returned with five tuns of whale oil and 20000 seal skins.[3]
Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1794 A.Crow
P.Smith
Dudman
Skey
London–Southern Fishery
London–Jamaica
LR; raised 1791
1796 P.Smith
N.Todd
Skey
W.Bryan
London–Jamaica LR; raised 1791

In January 1796 Greyhound, Todd, master, arrived at Cork from Honduras, having sustained some damage.[4]

Fate

On 18 May 1796 Greyhound, Todd, master, sailed from Gravesend for Jamaica. LL reported on 3 June that Greyhound, Tod, master, was onshore and bilged off Portsmouth.[5] Greyhound was last listed in LR in the volume for 1796.

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