Port au Prince (1790 ship)

History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameGeneral Dumourier
Launched1790
Captured1793
Great Britain
NamePort au Prince
Acquired1793 or early 1794 by purchase
FateCaptured and burned 29 November 1806
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen446 (1790–1795), and 466[2] (1796–1805)[a] (bm)
Complement
  • 1794: 20
  • 1796: 45
  • 1797: 40
  • 1800: 25
  • 1803: 45
  • 1805: 85
Armament
  • 1794: 16 × 6-pounder guns
  • 1796: 20 × 9&12-pounder guns
  • 1797: 24 × 9&12-pounder guns
  • 1800: 20 × 9&12-pounder guns
  • 1803: 22 × 9&12-pounder guns
  • 1805: 28 × 6&9&12-pounder guns[b]

Port au Prince was built in France in 1790. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1793 off Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Her original name was General Dumourier; her new owners named her for her place of capture. She became a letter of marque, slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people, and privateer cum whaler. In 1806 she anchored at a Tongan island where the local inhabitants massacred most of her crew and then scuttled her.

  1. ^ "Letter of Marque, p.82 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
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