Hugh Crawford in two positions off a rocky coast; George L. Tuthill (1824), Australian National Maritime Museum
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Orbit |
Launched | 1810[1] |
Captured | 29 January 1813 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Hugh Crawford |
Acquired | 1813 by purchase of a prize |
Fate | Last listed 1833 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 366,[2] or 374,[1] or 390 bm) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Armament | 6 × 9-pounder guns[1] |
Hugh Crawford was launched in 1810 in the United States as Orbit. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1813. She was sold as a prize and her purchasers renamed her Hugh Crawford. She traded with India and Australia and thrice carried free immigrants to New South Wales under private charter. She was one of the first ships to do so. She was last listed in 1833, but with data stale since 1827.