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History
United Kingdom
NameGreyhound (from 1791)
OwnerDudman & Co.,[a] and various
Launched1784, Dover[2]
FateWrecked c.June 1796
General characteristics
Tons burthen74 (bm)
NotesFir-built

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

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Greyhound first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1792.[3]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1792 A.Crow Dudman London–Southern Fishery LR; raised 1791

Sealing voyage (1791–1793): Captain A.Crow sailed from London on 12 November 1791, bound for Cape Verde.[4] She arrived back at Falmouth on 28 April 1793. She had worked off Patagonia and she returned with five tuns of whale oil and 20,000 seal skins.[5]

On her return the Dudmans decided to leave the whaling business and sold her.[b] A new owner sailed her as a West Indiaman.

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.[7]

Fate

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On 18 May 1796 Greyhound, Todd, master, sailed from Gravesend for Jamaica. Lloyd's List reported on 3 June that Greyhound, Tod, master, was onshore and bilged off Portsmouth.[8] Greyhound was last listed in Lloyd's Register in the volume for 1796.

Notes

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  1. ^ Dudman & Co. were major shipbuilders, working for a time with the shipbuilder William Barnard. Between 1785 and 1794, they owned three ships that operated in the British southern whale fishery. They had not built these vessels, but rather had purchased interests in vessels built in America, Britain (Greyhound), and France (Lucy).[1]
  2. ^ The whaling database has some 935 vessels that performed some 2,549 voyages. Of the 812 vessels examined, 385 made only one voyage, of which only 39 were lost. Clearly many owners tried the business and left quickly. The Dudman's were not among the 15 top shipowners.[6]

Citations

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  1. ^ Clayton & Clayton (2016), p. 130.
  2. ^ Clayton (2014), p. 133.
  3. ^ LR (1792), Seq.No.G198.
  4. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 2351. 15 November 1791.
  5. ^ British Southern Whale Fishery Database – Voyages: Greyhound.
  6. ^ Chatwin & July 2018.
  7. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 2786. 19 January 1796. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  8. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 2825. 3 June 1796.

References

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