History | |
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France | |
Launched | 1810[1] |
Captured | c.1814 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Sir George Osborne |
Owner |
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Acquired | 1814 by purchase of a prize[a] |
Fate | Wrecked and abandoned 1829 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 310, or 312,[3] or 31258⁄94,[2] or 313, or 316 (bm) |
Length | 93 ft 10 in (28.6 m) |
Beam | 28 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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