Category:Duke of Cumberland (ship, 1777)

Duke of Cumberland (ship, 1777) Then he resumed merchant work at West Quay until 1777, during which time he built the Southampton, a packet, for Thomas Strickland of Winkle Street, the 60-ton Alderney, the brig Hope, and the 40- ton Duke of Cumberland (for the Southampton to Portsmouth run). In March 1777, Robert Fabian vacated the Chapel site and Raymond took over the lease. In the following year he also leased the then void Northam yard from Mary Winter, at £43 per annum. At Chapel, Raymond built a ... Duke of Cumberland built 1777 This ship wrecked at Antigua in 1804.

This is at least the second packet ship out of Yarmouth named thus. An earlier Duke of Cumberland was recorded as early as 1762, it was wrecked off the Scillies in 1776.