&sq=&lang=&file=File:Carter-Triton-m021400_009599_p.jpg) Boarding of the Triton by the French corsair Hasard (ex-Cartier) under Robert Surcouf. Painting by Léon Trémisot.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Cartier |
| Namesake | John Cartier (Governor of Bengal — 1769-72) |
| Operator | Bengal Pilot Service |
| Builder | Bombay |
| Launched | 1787 |
 France | |
| Name | Hasard |
| Acquired | January 1796 by capture |
| Captured | February 1796 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Cartier |
| Operator | Bengal Pilot Service |
| Acquired | February 1796 by recapture |
| Fate | Unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 150,[1] or 170[2] (bm) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Sail plan | Brig[1] |
| Complement | 23 |
| Armament | 4 × 6-pounder guns[1] |
Cartier was a brig launched in 1787 for the Bengal Pilot Service as a pilot ship operating at Balasore Roads. The French privateer Robert Surcouf captured her, and then used her to capture the East Indiaman Triton on 29 January 1796. The British Royal Navy subsequently recaptured her.
- ^ a b c Demerliac (1999), p. 309, no.2915.
- ^ Phipps (1840), p. 133.