Betsey (1787 ship)

For other ships with the same name, see Betsey (ship).

History
Great Britain
NameBetsey
Owner
  • 1792: Henry K. and Robert Hunter[1]
  • 1793:Henry McKeowen and Robert Hunter[2]
Launched1787, Newfoundland[3]
Captured10 August 1793
General characteristics
Tons burthen180,[3] or 194[4] (bm)
Complement24–27
Armament4 guns

Betsey was launched in 1787 at Newfoundland. She sailed to England and initially she traded between Bristol and the Mediterranean. In 1792 she made one complete voyage as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people before a French privateer captured her on her second slave voyage after she had embarked captives in West Africa and was bringing them to Jamaica.

  1. ^ Richardson (1996), p. 205.
  2. ^ Richardson (1996), p. 230.
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