Lord Eldon (1824 ship)

Lord Eldon was launched at Sunderland in 1824. She appeared in LR in 1828 with M.Cooper, master, J. Noble, owner, and trade Liverpool–Rio de Janeiro.[1]

For other ships with the same name, see Lord Eldon (ship).

History
United Kingdom
NameLord Eldon
NamesakeJohn Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon
OwnerJ. Noble[1]
BuilderSunderland[1]
Launched1824[1]
FateBurnt 1828
General characteristics
Tons burthen227[1] (bm)

On 20 August 1828 Lord Eldon and the American ship Huzzar were approaching Buenos Aires under escort by an Argentinian privateer. (It is possible that both were prizes to the privateer.) The three vessels encountered a Brazilian naval squadron that was blockading Buenos Aires during the Cisplatine War. The Brazilians captured all three vessels and burnt the two merchantmen.[2][3]

Citations
  1. Lloyd's Register (1828), Seq.№L496.
  2. "BUENOS AYRES". The Standard. No. 490. 11 December 1828.
  3. Vale (2000), pp. 221–2.

References
  • Vale, Brian (2000). A War Betwixt Englishmen: Brazil Against Argentina on the River Plate. I. B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1860644566.
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