History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | Minerva |
Builder | Lancaster, Lancashire |
Launched | 1795 |
Fate | Last listed 1816 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 185,[1] or 186[1] (bm) |
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Minerva was launched in 1795 at Lancaster as a West Indiaman. In 1801 she was captured but immediately recaptured. Between 1802 and 1808 she made five voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She was last listed in 1816.