History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | Beaver |
Namesake | Beaver |
Launched | 1793, Thames[1] |
Captured | 1797 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 287[1](bm) |
Armament |
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Beaver was launched on the Thames in 1793. She traded between London and Canada but in 1796 she became a whaler in the Southern whale fishery. The Spanish captured her in 1797 off the south American coast, shortly after the outbreak of war between Spain and Britain.