| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | Aurora |
| Owner | Mungo Mackay and Thomas Dennie[1] |
| Commissioned | 2 October 1780 |
| Captured | 11 July 1781 |
 Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Mentor |
| Acquired | 11 September 1781 by purchase of a prize |
| Fate | Foundered April 1783 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 230 (bm) |
| Sail plan | Sloop |
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HMS Mentor was the Massachusetts letter of marque Aurora, commissioned in 1780. The Royal Navy captured her in July 1781 and took her into service as HMS Mentor. Mentor disappeared in 1783.
- ^ a b Granville Hough: Aurora.[usurped]
- ^ a b c Winfield (2007), p. 291.