History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Betsey |
Builder | Poole |
Launched | 1801 |
Fate | Wrecked February 1807 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 276[1] (bm) |
Complement | 35 |
Armament | 18 × 6-pounder gns |
Betsey was launched at Pool in 1801. She made two voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. French privateers captured her on the second voyage but the British Royal Navy recaptured her. Afterwards she was briefly a West Indiaman. She was wrecked in February 1807.