Lion (1796 ship)

History
Dutch Republic
Name	Leuve? or Leuuw
Builder	Holland
Launched	1789
Captured	c.1795
Great Britain
Name	Lion
Owner	1796: Camden (Camden, Calvert and King); 1797: Calvert & Co.;
Acquired	1796 by purchase of a prize
Fate	Condemned 1798
General characteristics
Tons burthen	762 (bm)
Propulsion	Sail
Armament	16 × 9-pounder guns

Lion was launched in the Netherlands in 1789. She was taken in prize c. 1795. On her first voyage under British ownership she was under contract to the British East India Company (EIC). She was lost in 1798 on the homeward-bound leg of her voyage to India.

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History

Dutch Republic
Name	Leuve? or Leuuw
Builder	Holland
Launched	1789
Captured	c.1795
Great Britain
Name	Lion
Owner	1796: Camden (Camden, Calvert and King) 1797: Calvert & Co.
Acquired	1796 by purchase of a prize
Fate	Condemned 1798
General characteristics
Tons burthen	762^[1] (bm)
Propulsion	Sail
Armament	16 × 9-pounder guns^[1]