Sir George Osborne (1814 ship)

History
French Navy EnsignFrance
Launched1810[1]
Capturedc.1814
United Kingdom
NameSir George Osborne
Owner
  • 1814:Broderick & Co.
  • 1821:John Goodson, William Irish, & William Moutrie
  • 1825:
Acquired1814 by purchase of a prize[a]
FateWrecked and abandoned 1829
General characteristics
Tons burthen310, or 312,[3] or 31258⁄94,[2] or 313, or 316 (bm)
Length93 ft 10 in (28.6 m)
Beam28 ft 5 in (8.7 m)

Sir George Osborne was acquired in 1814 by British owners purchasing a prize. They initially sailed her as a West Indiaman. Then in 1820 she carried immigrants to South Africa under the auspices of a settler scheme. She then made one voyage as a whaler in the British southern whale fishery. Under new owners she then made a highly unusual voyage to the Pacific. Her new owners were the founders of the Pacific Pearl Fishery Company (est. 1825), and they sailed her on a voyage that was part commercial venture and part scientific exploration, complete with a resident scientist. After her return new owners sent her whaling to the Seychelles, where she was wrecked and abandoned in April 1829.

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