Lady Penrhyn (1783 ship)
| History | |
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| American colonies | |
| Name: | Rainbow |
| Builder: | North American colonies |
| Launched: | 1777 |
| Captured: | 1782 |
 Great Britain
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| Name: | Lady Penrhyn |
| Namesake: | Lady Penrhyn - née Anne Susannah Warburton |
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| Port of registry: | Liverpool (Registry №153, 10 November 1786) |
| Acquired: | 1783 by purchase of a prize |
| Fate: | Driven on shore in 1794 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 200, or 205, or 220 (bm) |
| Length: | 80 ft 4 in (24.5 m) |
| Beam: | 27 ft 3 in (8.3 m) (above the wales) |
| Depth of hold: | 5 ft 10 in (1.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Ship rig |
| Complement: | 60 |
| Armament: | 16 × 4&6-pounder guns |
Lady Penrhyn (or Lady Penrhyne) was an American vessel launched in 1777 that the British captured in 1782. Liverpool merchants purchased her and employed her in the African slave trade between 1783 and 1794. A squadron of the French navy drove her onshore on the coast of Africa in 1794.
Lady Penrhyn was launched in 1777 in America, possibly under the name Rainbow. The British captured her in 1782 and the Vice admiralty court in Antigua condemned her on 7 January 1783. She enters Lloyd's Register in 1784 with T. Reeves, master, E. Bent, owner, and trade Liverpool-Africa.
In 1784 Thomas Rives (or Reeves) sailed Lady Penrhyn to the Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands. She delivered her slaves to Jamaica.
In 1784 Rives duplicated his voyage of 1784.
In 1787 Rives again sailed to the Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands. However, this time he delivered his slaves to St Vincent.
On 3 March 1789 Captain John Gillis replaced Rives.
In 1791 William Lace sailed Lady Penrhyn to the Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands. She delivered her slaves to Grenada. At some point Captain Thomas Smith replaced Lace. In 1792 she underwent a large repair.
In 1793 her captain was initially Nathaniel Ireland, but it was Captain John Mount who sailed her to the Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands. Mount received a letter of marque on 12 June 1793.Lady Penrhyn delivered her slaves to Jamaica.
Captain Luke Mann sailed Lady Penrhyn on her last voyage. A French squadron of six vessels, that included the brig Mutine, intercepted Lady Penrhyn off the coast of Africa on 7 December 1794. They drove her on shore at Papaw (Little Popoe), where she was destroyed.
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