History | |
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France | |
Captured | 1803[1] |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Adventure |
Acquired | 1804 by purchase of a prize |
Fate | Wrecked 28 April 1808 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 294[1] (bm) |
Length | 97 ft 6 in (29.7 m)[2] |
Beam | 26 ft 7 in (8.1 m)[2] |
Armament | 12 × 6-pounder guns[1] |
Notes | Two decks and three masts |
Adventure was a French privateer captured in 1803. She became a whaler that made two voyages to the Southern Whale Fishery. She was wrecked in April 1808 as she set out on her third.