Betsey (1801 Poole ship)

History
United Kingdom
NameBetsey
BuilderPoole
Launched1801
FateWrecked February 1807
General characteristics
Tons burthen276[1] (bm)
Complement35
Armament18 × 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.

  1. ^ "Letter of Marque, p.53 - Retrieved 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.