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''Sugar Cane'', was a three-decker merchantman and convict ship. In 1792 she transported convicts from Ireland to Australia. On her return trip she sailed from Bengal to Britain under contract to the British East India Company. During the French Revolutionary Wars she sailed under a letter of marque. In 1796 or 1797 she captured a French ship, but shortly thereafter was herself captured. The British Royal Navy recaptured her and she apparently was returned to service. ==Career== She was launched in 1786 upon the Thames River. In 1789 ''Lloyd's Register'' showed her master as W. Seaton, her owners as Turner and Co., and her trade as London-St Vincent.〔''Lloyd's Register' (1789).〕 Under the command of Thomas Musgrave, she sailed from Portsmouth for Ireland, on 9 March 1793. Having embarked with 110 male and 50 female convicts, she left Cork, Ireland, on 12 April 1792. A sergeant's party from the New South Wales Corps provided the guards for the convicts. On 25 May the Government's agent had a prisoner executed. The man had managed to get out of his irons and another prisoner had accused the man of planning a mutiny. ''Sugar Cane'' arrived at Rio de Janeiro in late June and left on 13 July. ''Sugar Cane'' arrived at Port Jackson, New South Wales on the 17 September 1793. Other than the man who had been executed, no convicts died on the voyage and the prisoners arrived in good health. ''Sugar Cane'' left Port Jackson for Bengal in late 1793, in company with ''Boddington''. The vessels separated at some point, and ''Sugar Cane'' went on to discover some islands in the Caroline archipelago. The islands were the Pingelap () atoll, now part of Pohnpei State of the Federated States of Micronesia. ''Sugar Cane'' left Calcutta on 15 May 1794. She reached Madras on 29 June, the Cape on 4 October, St Helena on 25 October, Crookhaven on 25 December, and Kinsale on 31 January. She arrived at the Downs on 27 February.〔National Archives: ''Sugar Cane'',() - accessed 8 February 2015.〕 On 18 July 1795, and again on 1 July 1796, John Marman received a letter of marque for a ship by the name of ''Sugar Cane''. For both letters, the vessel is described as being of 362 tons (bm). The name of the vessel is so singular that it is highly probable that this is the same vessel as the convict transport. The letter of marque authorized ''Sugar Cane'' to engage in offensive action against French shipping should the opportunity arise. In late 1796 or early 1797, ''Sugar Cane'' recaptured the ''Harlequin'', which the French had captured as she was sailing from Liverpool to Africa. ''Sugar Cane'' sent ''Harlequin'' into Cape Coast.〔''Lloyd's List'', no.2896,() - accessed 8 February 2015.〕〔Williams (1897), p.343.〕 Shortly thereafter, the French captured ''Sugar Cane'' as she was sailing from Africa to Barbadoes.〔''Lloyd's List'', no.2916,() - accessed 8 February 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sugar Cane (1786 ship)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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