Admiral Barrington (1781 ship)

History
France
Launched1781
FateCaptured 1782
Great Britain
NameAdmiral Barrington
NamesakeSamuel Barrington
Owner
  • Godfrey Thornton
  • Calvert & Co.[a]
Acquired1783
FateCaptured by a privateer in 1797
General characteristics [2]
Tons burthen527 (bm)
Length
  • 119 ft (36.3 m) (overall)
  • 94 ft 10 in (28.9 m) (keel)
Beam32 ft 4 in (9.9 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 9+34 in (4.2 m)
Sail planShip
Complement84 (Indiaman)
Armament18 guns (Indiaman)
NotesCopper sheathed in 1798[3]

Admiral Barrington was a ship built in 1781 in France and was employed as a French West Indiaman, though under a different name. She was captured in 1782 and was later sold to Godfrey Thornton.[4] Thornton renamed her Admiral Barrington. She then made one full voyage for the East India Company (EIC) from 1787 till 1788. Her most notable voyage was as a convict ship in the third fleet to Australia. On her return voyage in 1793 pirates attacked her near Bombay and murdered almost her entire crew. She was apparently recovered, only to have a French privateer capture her in the West Indies in 1797. The privateer took her to Bordeaux, where she was sold.


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