Surprize (1780 ship)

*Surprize*
	Justinian and Surprize standing into Sydney Bay, Norfolk Island, 23 August 1790; William Bradley
History
Great Britain
Name	Surprize
Owner	Calvert & Co.
Builder	Shoreham
Launched	1780
Captured	1799 in the Bay of Bengal
General characteristics
Tons burthen	394, or 402 (bm)
Length	107 ft 9 in (32.8 m) (overall); 85 ft 8 in (26.1 m) (keel);
Beam	29 ft 5 in (9.0 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 3 in (4.0 m)
Complement	24
Armament	1794: 20 × 6 & 4-pounder + 6 × swivel guns; 1799: 20 × 6-pounder guns;

Surprize was a three-deck merchant vessel launched in 1780 that made five voyages as a packet ship under charter to the British East India Company (EIC). She also participated in the notorious Second Fleet, transporting convicts to Port Jackson. A French frigate captured her in the Bay of Bengal in 1799.

^ British Library: Surprise.
^ Lloyd's Register (1789).
^ ^a ^b ^c Letter of Marque, 1793–1815, p.8;
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference LR1800 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[BL-1] British Library: Surprise.

[2] Lloyd's Register (1789).

[LoM-3] Letter of Marque, 1793–1815, p.8;

[LR1800-4] Cite error: The named reference LR1800 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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History
Justinian and Surprize standing into Sydney Bay, Norfolk Island, 23 August 1790; William Bradley
Great Britain
Name	Surprize
Owner	Calvert & Co.
Builder	Shoreham
Launched	1780
Captured	1799 in the Bay of Bengal
General characteristics ^[1]
Tons burthen	394,^[2] or 402^[3]^[4] (bm)
Length	107 ft 9 in (32.8 m) (overall) 85 ft 8 in (26.1 m) (keel)
Beam	29 ft 5 in (9.0 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 3 in (4.0 m)
Complement	24^[3]
Armament	1794: 20 × 6 & 4-pounder + 6 × swivel guns^[3] 1799: 20 × 6-pounder guns^[4]