Earl Of Inchiquin (1764 Ship)

''Earl of Inchiquin'' (or ''Earl of Inchquin'') was launched at Swansea in 1764. She sailed between Cork and Swansea and then became a Portsmouth tender. The British Royal Navy hired her in 1776 or earlier. A French privateer captured her in the Channel in 1781.

Missing volumes or missing pages in extant volumes of '' Lloyd's Register'' (''LR'') have resulted in her first appearing in ''Lloyd's Register'' in 1776,''LR'' (1776), Seq.No.E25.
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The Lieutenant commanding the British tender ''Earl of Inchiquin'' seized the snow (or ''Dickinson''), William Meston, master, on 7 April 1776 at King Road, off Avonmouth in the Bristol Channel. ''Dickinson'' had been on her way to Nantes when ''Dickinson''s crew brought her into Bristol. She carried documents describing all the vessels the American rebels were sending to France.

The French privateer captured ''Earl of Inchquin'' on 15 March 1781. ''Earl of '', of six guns and under the command of Lieutenant William Robertson, was in the Channel when she encountered ''Duc de Chartres'', which gave chase. The French privateers ''Bougainville'' (24 or 32 guns), and ''Tartare'' (12 guns), joined the chase. Unable to escape, Robertson struck.

''Earl of Inchiquin'' was no longer listed in ''Lloyd's Register'' for 1782.

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