''Duchess of Rutland'' (or ''Dutchess of Rutland'') was launched in 1786 in Dublin. She carried passengers between England and Ireland. In 1793 she apparently transferred to Liverpool and sailed from there as a
West Indiaman
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. She was on a voyage to Barbados when a French privateer captured her in 1797.
Career
''Duchess of Rutland'' first appeared in ''
Lloyd's Register
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'' (''LR'') in 1789.
[''LR'' (1789), Seq.No.D457.]
/ref> She appears to have carried passengers between England and Ireland, with her owners being a group of Holyhead packet captains.
''Duchess of Rutland'' was last listed in ''LR'' in 1793. ''Dutchess of Rugland'' apparently had been sold to owners in Liverpool, who had her lengthened. She appeared in the ''Register of Shipping'' in 1800. It showed her master as T. Keen, owner J.Jackson, and trading out of Liverpool.[''RS'' (1800), Seq.No.D290.]
/ref> However, this represented stale data as ''Duchess of Rutland'' had been captured several years earlier.
Fate
''Duchess of Rutland'', Keen, master, was sailing from Liverpool to Barbados when in late 1797 she encountered the French privateer ''Vengeance'', a cutter of 20 guns and 200 men. ''Vengeance'' captured ''Duchess of Rutland'' at .
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* {{cite book , last1=Joyce , first1=Herbert , year=1893 , title=The History of the Post Office from Its Establishment Down to 1836 , publisher=R. Bentley & Son
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Age of Sail merchant ships of England
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