Trelawney Planter (1790 ship)
Trelawney Planter was built in Jamaica in 1790. She sailed as a West Indiaman, sailing between London and Jamaica. She was not listed in "Lloyd's Register" ("LR") between 1797 and 1802. She re-entered "LR" in 1802. She continued to trade, lastly trading between Hull and London. She was last listed in 1812. Career. Captain James M'Donald sailed from Martha Brae on 21 July 1790, bound for London. Adverse winds forced him to sail via the Gulf of Mexico. On 5 August he sighted a Spanish fleet astern, consisting of several merchantmen and two warships  as escort. In the evening of 7 August "Trelawney Planter" passed ahead of the fleet when a frigate, later reported to be "Roussillon", of 36 guns, and under the command of Captain Don Fransisco Vidal, came up and ordered M'Donald to come aboard. When he did so, Captain Vidal berated him for sailing in Spanish waters. M'Donald replied that as the passage consisted of Spanish territory on the one side (Florida), and British territory on the other (the Bahamas), he was entitled to sail there. Vidal then caused M.Donald to be confined all night between two guns on the quarterdeck . Next morning Vidal had M'Donald tied up on the Fo'csle in the burning sun for three and a half hours. Vidal sent two officers and seventeen men, including a Negro to act as interpreter, to "Trelawney Planter" to search her. They returned, having found nothing indicating that she might engage in piracy, or smuggling of contraband. The Spaniards finally released M'Donald, his men, and "Trelawney Planter" at about 1pm on 8 August. "Trelawney Planter" arrived at Gravesend on 18 September 1790. She first appeared in "Lloyd's Register" ("LR") in the volume for 1791. "Trelawney Planter" disappeared from "Lloyd 's Register" between 1797 and 1802; her disposition during this period is between currently obscure. In 1801 Shedden sailed a second, slightly larger . "Trelawney Planter" re-appeared in the 1802 volume of "Lloyd's Register".