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Ranger (1786 ship)

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History
Great Britain
NameRanger
Launched1774, Virginia
Acquired1786
FateWrecked 1797
General characteristics
Tons burthen300, or 350[1] (bm)
Armament6 × 4-pounder guns (1781–1783)

Ranger was launched in 1774 in Virginia, possibly under another name. Between at least 1781 and 1786 she was the London transport Thames. Then from 1786 until 1794, she became the Hull-based whaler Ranger. She was wrecked in 1797.

Career

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Unavailable issues and missing pages in issues available on line mean that Thames first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1781.[1]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1781 J.Moody Scott & Co. New York–London
London transport
LR
1782 J.Moody
A.M'Larty
Scott & Co. London transport LR
1784 A.M'Iarty Scott & Co. London transport LR
1786 A.M'Iarty Scott & Co. London LR; thorough repair 1785

In 1786 new owners renamed Thames Ranger, and sailed her as a whaler in the Greenland whale fishery.

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1786 John Potts Towers & Co. Hull–Greenland LR; thorough repair 1785
Year Master Where Whales Tuns blubber Seals
1786 Potts Greenland 6 (or 8) 86.25 0 (or 149)
1787 Potts Greenland 6 86.5 0 (or 59 + 2 "sea horses")
1788 Potts Greenland 4 28 0
1789 Potts Greenland 1 (or 2) 16 31
Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1790 J.Potts Captain & Co.
Gilder & Co.
Hull–Greenland
Hull–Baltic
LR; thorough repair 1785 & damages repaired 1790
1791 W.Chester
J.Potts
Gilder & Co. Hull–Baltic
Hull–Greenland
LR; thorough repair 1785 & damages repaired 1790
1792 E.Hall
J.Potts
Gilder & Co. Petersburg–Hull LR; thorough repair 1785 & damages repaired 1790
1793 Illegible
M.Newham
Gilder & Co. Hull–Greenland LR; thorough repair 1785 & damages repaired 1790
Year Master Where Whales Tuns blubber Seals
1791 Potts Greenland
1792 Potts Greenland 3 52.25 0
1793 3 55.5 180
1794 Newham Greenland
Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1794 M.Newham Gilder & Co. Hull–Greenland LR; thorough repair 1785, damages repaired 1790, & good repair 1793

Fate

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In January 1797 Lloyd's List reported that Ranger, Potts, master, had run aground at Whitby while coming from Shields. It was expected that she would be lost.[2]

Ranger was last listed in 1797 with data unchanged since 1794.

Citations

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  1. ^ a b LR (1781), Seq.No.T29.
  2. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 2892. 24 January 1797. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105233100.