Harpooner (1771 ship)

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

History
Kingdom of Great Britain
NameHarpooner
OwnerP.Sheppard[1]
BuilderLiverpool
Launched1771
CapturedJanuary 1780
France
NameComptesse of Buzanisis
Acquired1780 by capture
CapturedDecember 1780
Kingdom of Great Britain
NameHarpooner
OwnerJ.Margetson
Acquiredcirca 1782 by purchase of a prize
RenamedTrelawney (1783)
FateNo longer listed after 1786
General characteristics
Tons burthen200, or 230[2] (bm)
PropulsionSail
Complement56 (at capture)
Armament20 × 12 & 12 × 4-pounder guns[1]

Harpooner was launched at Liverpool in 1771. In 1778 she became a privateer. She captured at least two French merchantmen before a French privateer captured her in January 1780. She became the French privateer Comptesse of Buzanisis, which the Royal Navy recaptured. Harpooner returned to online records in 1782, and in 1783 became the slave ship Trelawney, which then made two complete voyages in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She was no longer listed after 1786.

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