Melantho (1812 ship)

History
United States
NameMelantho
Builder1812
Commissionedearly 1814
Captured1812
Red EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameMelantho
Owner
  • 1813:Munning
  • 1820:Matthew & James Whiting[1]
  • 1823:Christopher Nockells[1]
BuilderLiverpool
Acquired1812 by purchases of a prize
FateLast listed 1826
General characteristics
Tons burthen359,[2] 361,[1][3] or 402[4]>(bm)
PropulsionSail
Armament2 × 6-pounder guns + 16 × 18-pounder carronades[2]

Melantho was built in Philadelphia in 1812. The War of 1812 broke out as she was on her first voyage and the British captured her that September. She became a merchantman and then a whaler, making two whaling voyages to Timor before she was last listed in 1826.

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  3. ^ Hackman (2001), p. 298.
  4. ^ Vice-Admiralty Court (1911), p. 139.