Scarborough (1782 ship)

Scarborough
Convict transport Scarborough by Frank Allen
History
Great Britain
NameScarborough
OwnerJohn, George, & Thomas Hopper
BuilderFowler & Heward, Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Launched1782, Scarborough
FateFoundered April 1805
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen41091⁄94,[2] or 411, or 412,[3] or 428[3] or 429[4] (bm)[a]
Length
  • 109 feet 3 inches (33.3 m) (overall)
  • 87 feet 0+1⁄4 inch (26.5 m) (keel)
Beam29 feet 10 inches (9.1 m)
Depth of hold12 feet 5+1⁄2 inches (3.8 m)
PropulsionSail
Sail planShip rig
Complement
Armament
  • 1783:8 × 6-pounder guns[6]
  • 1800:14 × 4&6-pounder guns[3]
  • 1801:4 × 4-pounder + 10 × 6-pounder guns[7]
  • 1803:14 × 6&4-pounder guns[3]

Scarborough was a double-decked, three-masted, ship-rigged, copper-sheathed, barque that participated in the First Fleet, assigned to transport convicts for the European colonisation of Australia in 1788. Also, the British East India company (EIC) chartered Scarborough to take a cargo of tea back to Britain after her two voyages transporting convicts. She spent much of her career as a West Indiaman, trading between London and the West Indies, but did perform a third voyage in 1801–02 to Bengal for the EIC. In January 1805 she repelled a French privateer of superior force in a single-ship action, before foundering in April.

  1. ^ British Library: Scarborough (3).
  2. ^ Hackman (2001), p. 191.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Register of Letters of Marque against France 1793-1815"; p.86 Archived July 9, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Hardy (1800), p. 217.
  5. ^ a b Bateson (1959), p. 96.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference LR1783 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Lloyd's Register (1801)


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