Marie Antoinette undermining the First French Republic, Louis XVI was separated from his family and tried in December. He was found guilty by the Convention, led by the Jacobins who rejected the idea of keeping him as a hostage. On 15 January 1793, by a majority of one vote, that of Philippe Égalité, he was condemned to death by guillotine and executed on 21 January 1793. The queen, now called "Widow Capet", plunged into deep mourning. She still hoped her son Louis-Charles, whom the exiled "Comte de Provence", Louis XVI's brother, had recognised as Louis XVI's successor, would one day rule France.
Crown (1793 ship) Crown (1793 ship) Crown was launched at Newcastle upon Tyne in 1793. She essentially sailed as a West Indiaman, but between 1797 and 1799 she made one voyage as an "extra ship", i.e., under charter, for the British East India Company (EIC). She foundered in 1810 on a voyage to Canada. "Crown" does not actually appear in "Lloyd's Register" until 1795. At that time her master is Stranach, her owner Lyall, and her trade London–Jamaica. On 1 March 1796 "Lloyd's List" reported that "Crown", Stranack, master, and "Susannah", Skelton, master, both bound for the West Indies, had had to return