History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | Archimedes |
Namesake | Archimedes |
Builder | Durham, Sunderland, |
Launched | 1797 or 1796 |
Fate | Wrecked 24 December 1811 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 245 (bm) |
Armament | 8 × 18-pounder carronades |
Archimedes was launched at Sunderland in 1796 or 1797. She traded between England and the Baltic until the British government chartered her as a transport c. 1809. She was lost in December 1811 while coming back from the Baltic.