Mentor (1792 ship)

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

History
Great Britain
NameMentor
Launched1792, Wemyss[1][2]
FateLast listed in 1832
General characteristics [3]
Tons burthen
  • Originally: 19376⁄94, or 195,[1] or 200,[2] or 201 (bm)
  • 1819: 273, or 275 (bm)
Sail planSnow
Armament
  • Armed ship: 10 × 4-pounder guns
  • 1806: 4 × 6-pounder guns

Mentor was launched in 1792 at Wemyss. With the out break of war with France in early 1793, the Royal Navy needed smaller vessels to protect convoys from privateers. The Navy employed Mentor as a hired armed vessel, releasing her from her contract at the end of 1801 after the signing of the Treaty of Amiens. She then returned to mercantile service, sailing first to Hamburg and then Oporto. She became a coaster on England's east coast, or a Baltic trader. She was last listed in 1832.

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  3. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 387.