Boyd (1783 ship)

The gunpowder stores blowing up on Boyd, painting by Louis John Steele (1889)
History
Great Britain
NameBoyd
Owner
  • Captain & Co.
  • Boddington
BuilderHill, Limehouse,[1] River Thames[2]
Launched1783
FateCaptured January 1797
French Navy EnsignFrance
AcquiredJanuary 1797 by capture
FateSold 1802–03[a]
Great Britain
NameBoyd
OwnerBoddington
Acquired1802–03 by purchase
FateBurnt December 1809
General characteristics
Tons burthen392,[3] or 395, or 400,[4] or 407,[2] or 42554⁄94[1] (bm)
Length109 ft 8 in (33.4 m) (overall); 87 ft 0 in (26.5 m)
Beam29 ft 8 in (9.0 m)
PropulsionSail
Complement28[3]
Armament
  • 1795: 6 × 6-pounder guns,[3] or 10 × 6-pounder guns[5]
  • 1805: 2 × 6-pounder guns + 6 × 12-pounder carronades[6]
  • 1808: 8 × 6-pounder guns + 12 × 12-pounder carronades

Boyd was a brigantine built in 1783 at Limehouse on the river Thames, England. She originally traded as a West Indiaman, sailing between London and Saint Kitts. Then between 1795 and 1797 she performed a voyage for the British East India Company (EIC). The French captured her as she was homeward bound, but her owners repurchased her in 1803. In 1804 the French captured her again, but the Royal Navy recaptured her and returned her to her owners. In 1809 she transported convicts to New South Wales for the British government. After delivering the convicts she sailed to New Zealand where Maori warriors attacked her, killing, and eating, almost her entire crew and passengers. They then burnt her.

  1. ^ a b c Hackman (2001), p. 225.
  2. ^ a b British Library: Boyd.
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