Fortitude (1804 ship)

History
United Kingdom
NameFortitude
BuilderCalcutta
Launched1804
FateLost circa 1812.
General characteristics
Tons burthen477,[1] or 4774094[2] or 480,[3] or 500 (bm)
Armament1810:4 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 9-pounder carronades
NotesTeak-built

Fortitude was launched at Calcutta in 1804. In 1806 she carried Chinese labourers to Trinidad for the British East India Company; she was seized in Trinidad, sold, and sailed to England. From 1808 on she was a West Indiaman. She was lost circa 1812.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference LR1808 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ House of Commons (1814), p. 87.
  3. ^ Phipps (1840), p. 101.