Anne (1799 ship)

History
Spain
NameNostra Senora da Luzet Santa Anna
Launched1790s
Captured1799
Great Britain
NameAnne or Ann
OwnerPrincep and Saunders
Acquired1799 by purchase of a prize
General characteristics
Tons burthen384,[1] or 400[2] (bm)
Complement42
Armament
  • 1799: 2 × 6-pounder + 8 × 4-pounder guns[2]
  • Later: 12 guns

Anne, also known as Ann, was an 18th-century Spanish sailing ship that the British had captured in 1799. The British Navy Board engaged her to transport convicts from Cork in Ireland to the penal colony of New South Wales in Australia for one voyage from 1800 to 1801. During this voyage she was possibly present, although she did not participate, in a notable action against a squadron of three French frigates. She then made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC).

  1. ^ Bateson (1959), pp. 158–160.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference LR1799 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).