Mentor (1778 ship)

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

Newspaper photograph copied into A Liverpool Family: Three Generations of Liverpool Shipbuilders (H.S. Phillips, 1953). The original oil painting was lost in the destruction of the Liverpool Museum authorities' Ship Models room during World War II.
History
Great Britain
NameMentor
OwnerPeter Baker
Launched1778, Chester[1]
FateWrecked 1782
General characteristics
Tons burthen400, or 500[1] (bm)
Complement
  • 1778: 102
  • 1782: 34
Armament
  • 1778: 20 × 6-pounder guns,[1] or 24 guns
  • 1779: 20 × 12-pounder + 8 × 4-pounder guns

Mentor was launched in 1778 at Chester as a West Indiaman. She captured three vessels, including a valuable East Indiaman belonging to the French East India Company. She had an inconclusive single ship action with a French warship in 1779. She was wrecked in 1782.

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