Adventure (1799 ship)

For other ships with the same name, see Adventure (ship).

History
Great Britain
NameAdventure
BuilderFrance
Acquired1799 by purchase of a prize
FateWrecked October 1814
General characteristics
Tons burthen347,[1] or 368,[1] or 379 (bm)
Complement
Armament
  • 1799: 20 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 18-pounder carronades[1]
  • 1801: 16 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 18-pounder carronades[1]
  • 1815: 6 × 4-pounder guns

Adventure was a vessel built in France that the British captured c.1799. New owners immediately sailed her as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She then made a voyage as West Indiaman during which a French privateer captured her, but the British Royal Navy quickly recaptured her. She made a second slave trading voyage. Thereafter she became a general trader, trading primarily with the Baltic. She was wrecked in October 1814. Although she was refloated and taken into Copenhagen, she disappeared from subsequent ship arrival and departure data.

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Letter of Marque, p.48 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.