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About Triumvirate
Several vessels have been named Triumvirate.Triumvirate , of 200 tons (bm), was launched at Newbury in 1773. Between 1778 and 1783, her master was Captain Richard Ledgard. Earlier he had been at Poole. From time to time the government hired Triumvirate as a naval transport. On 17 March 1779, Triumvirate, Richard Ledgard, master, and six other transports arrived in Cromarty under convoy of the armed ship Leith. At end–May 1779 Triumvirate and five other transports were at Spithead ready to receive 700 men, women, and baggage. A secondary source reports that "HMS Triumvirate" was lost at Honduras on 2 September 1787. There is no record of any HMS Triumvirate ever serving with the Royal Navy, and the original press report makes clear that Triumvirate, Brown, master, although present during the gale on 2 September, was not harmed and was intending to sail for London on 6 October. Triumvirate, Brown, master, was sunk at St George's Quay, Honduras in early 1789.
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