Britannia (1783 ship)

For other ships with the same name, see Britannia (ship).

History
Great Britain
NameBritannia
OwnerJohn St Barbe & Co.[1]
BuilderSunderland[1]
Launched1783[1]
FateNo longer listed 1845
General characteristics
Tons burthen296,[2][3] 320 from 1800,[4] or 315[5] (bm)
PropulsionSails
Sail planBrig
Complement27[3]
Armament
  • 1793:8 × 3-pounder guns[3]
  • 1800:2 × 6-pounder + 12 × 3-pounder guns[4]
  • 1810:2 × 6-pounder + 4 × 4-pounder + 2 × 3-pounder guns[6]
  • 1815: 6 guns[7]

Britannia was a ship launched at Sunderland in 1783. In 1791 she received a three-year license from the British East India Company to engage in whaling in the South Pacific and off New South Wales.[8] Britannia engaged in a small amount of sealing and whaling during her absence from Britain.[9] She was also employed shuttling between Port Jackson and other ports bringing supplies to the new colonists. Shortly after her return to Britain in 1797 she temporarily disappeared from Lloyd's Register. From 1800 to 1822 she was a Greenland whaler, and then from 1822 to 1837 she was a Southern Whale fishery whaler. Between 1840 and 1844 she was a London-based collier. After a 61-year career, she was no longer listed in 1845.

  1. ^ a b c Lloyd's Register (1793), Seq. №376.
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  5. ^ Howard (2015), p. 426.
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  8. ^ Clayton (2014), p. 76.
  9. ^ Dunbabin (1960), p. 297.