Grenada Packet (1789 ship)
Grenada Packet was launched in Cork in 1789 as a West Indiaman. A nominally French privateer captured her in 1794; she burnt accidentally at Savannah while awaiting trial. Later, the United States Government paid compensation to Grenada Packets owners as her captor had been fitted out as a privateer in the United States, in contravention of the post–5 June 1793 ban on the arming in the United States of French privateers. Career Grenada Packet first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1789. Fate On 16 October 1793 Grenada Packet, Werryss, master, sailed from Gravesend, bound for Pensacola. Grenada Packet, Wemys, master, arrived in Jamaica from London, while bound to Pensacola. Grenada Packet, Wemyss, master, was reported to have been taken and carried into Georgia. She had been on her way from Pensacola to London. Grenada Packet, a prize to Amie Point Petre, was reported to have burnt at Savannah. Legal issues The date of capture was 16 April 1794 and the captor was Ami de la Pointe-à-Pitre (henceforth Ami). Ami was the former American schooner Fair Play, which William Talbot, Edward Ballard, and John Sinclair had purchased at Charleston, South Carolina and had armed and outfitted for privateering. The process