History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | Britannia |
Owner | W. Boyd[1] |
Builder | Dutch |
Acquired | 1798 by purchase of a prize |
Homeport | London |
Captured | 1801 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 296,[1] or 309[2] (bm) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Armament | 8 × 12-pounder carronades[2] |
Britannia was a merchant vessel captured from the Dutch. She made one complete whaling voyage to the South Seas. A Spanish vessel captured her at the Galapagos Islands in 1801 on her second whaling voyage.