Admiral Barrington (1781 ship)
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 France
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| Launched: | 1781 |
| Fate: | Captured 1782 |
 United Kingdom
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| Name: | Admiral Barrington |
| Namesake: | Samuel Barrington |
| Owner: |
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| Acquired: | 1783 |
| Fate: | Captured by a privateer in 1797 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 527 (bm) |
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| Beam: | 32 ft 4 in (9.9 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 13 ft 9 3⁄4 in (4.2 m) |
| Sail plan: | Ship |
| Complement: | 84 (Indiaman) |
| Armament: | 18 guns (Indiaman) |
| Notes: | Copper sheathed in 1798 |
Admiral Barrington was a ship built in 1781 in France and was employed as a French West Indiaman, though under a different name. She was captured in 1782 and was later sold to Godfrey Thornton. Thornton renamed her Admiral Barrington. She then made one full voyage for the East India Company (EIC) from 1787 till 1788. Her most notable voyage was as a convict ship in the third fleet to Australia. On her return voyage in 1793 pirates attacked her near Bombay and murdered almost her entire crew. She was apparently recovered, only to have a French privateer capture her in the West Indies in 1797. The privateer took her to Bordeaux, where she was sold.
At the time of Admiral Barrington's first voyage for the EIC, her principal managing owner was Godfrey Thornton. She served as an extra ship, meaning that the EIC had chartered her. Under the command of Captain Charles Lindegreen she sailed for China, leaving Portsmouth on 21 February 1787. She reached False Bay, South Africa, on 11 May and Whampoa on 21 August. On her return trip to Britain she reached Macao on 7 January 1788, Saint Helena on 22 April, and Deptford on 1 August.
In mid-December 1788 news reached London that Admiral Barrington was frozen up at Cronstadt and would winter there.Lloyd's Register for 1789 gives her master's name as J. Arnott, her owner as G. Thornton, and her trade as London-Copenhagen.
Under the command of Robert Abbon Marsh, she sailed from Portsmouth, England, on 27 March 1791 as part of the third fleet and arrived in Port Jackson, New South Wales on 16 October. She brought with her Captain William Paterson, three noncommissioned officers, and 24 privates of the New South Wales Corps. They served as guards for the 300 male convicts on board. In addition, four free women accompanied their convict husbands, together with two children. Ninety-seven persons were sick on board the ship when she arrived. Thirty-six convicts died during the voyage, i.e., she delivered 264 alive. She was the last of the eleven ships to arrive in Sydney.
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