History | |
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United States | |
Builder | America |
Launched | 1799[1] |
Fate | Sold c.1807 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Otter |
Namesake | Otter |
Owner |
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Acquired | c.1807 |
Fate | Captured November 1813 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 169,[2] or 170[1][3] (bm) |
Armament | 2 × 6-pounder guns[1] |
Otter was launched in America in 1799. She appeared in the Register of Shipping in 1809, after she had already made the first of three voyages as a whaler. She then started trading with the Mediterranean where the French captured her in 1813.