History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | Speights Town |
Namesake | Speightstown |
Launched | 1784, Liverpool |
Fate | Wrecked, December 1794 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 175,[1] or 240, or 250[2]Mis-transcribed as Sprightstown. (bm) |
Length | 77 ft 5 in (23.6 m)[1] |
Beam | 23 ft 5 in (7.1 m)[1] |
Complement | 50[2] |
Armament | 16 × 6-pounder guns[2] |
Notes | Two decks & three masts |
Speights Town (or Speightstown), was launched at Liverpool in 1784 as a West Indiaman, sailing between Liverpool and Barbados. She was wrecked in late 1794.