Windsor Castle (1783 ship)

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

History
Great Britain
NameWindsor Castle
NamesakeWindsor Castle
BuilderWhitby[a]
Launched1783[2]
CapturedFoundered 1803
General characteristics
Tons burthen300,[2] or 305,[3] or 316[4] (bm)
PropulsionSail
Complement
Armament
  • 1797:14 × 3&6&9-pounder guns[4]
  • 1801:12 × 9-pounder guns[4]

Windsor Castle was launched at Whitby in 1783. Initially she was primarily a West Indiaman. Then from 1797 she made five voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She foundered off Bermuda in 1803 after having disembarked her captives.

  1. ^ Weatherill (1908).
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference LR1783 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference LR1798 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b c d e "Letter of Marque, p.93 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.


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