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Great Britain | |
Name | Britannia |
Owner | Thomas Parr & Co.[1] |
Builder | New Brunswick |
Launched | 1788[1] |
Fate | Captured 1797 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 201[1][2] (bm) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Brig |
Complement | 20[2] |
Armament | 14 × 3,4,&9-pounder guns[2] |
Britannia, was a vessel launched in 1788 at New Brunswick. In 1795–1796, she made one complete voyage as a slave ship in the triangular trade, taking enslaved people from West Africa to Jamaica. A French privteer captured her in 1797 in a notable single ship action as Britannia was on the outward leg of her second voyage. Her captor took her to Nantes.
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