Английская Википедия:Britannia (1798 ship)

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Britannia was a merchant vessel captured from the Dutch. She made one complete whaling voyage to the South Seas. A Spanish vessel captured her at the Galapagos Islands in 1801 on her second whaling voyage.

Career

Britannia was a Dutch prize, captured in 1797 that underwent repairs in 1798.[1] She entered Lloyd's Register in 1798 with W. Shaw, master, W. Boyd, owner, and trade Portsmouth-Jamaica.[2] In 1799 Mortlock replaced Shaw as master, and her trade was listed as Portsmouth-Cape of Good Hope.[3]

Whaling voyage: Captain Mortlake left Britain on 13 March 1799. Britannia called in at Rio de Janeiro in July for sugarcane syrup.Шаблон:Sfnp She returned to England on 30 May 1800.[4]

Loss: In May 1801 Lloyd's List reported that a Spanish ship of 24 guns had captured "Britannia, late Mortlock, of London", and Шаблон:Ship, Anderson, master, in the Galapagos Islands. The Spaniards then took their prizes into Lima.[5] Their captor was the privateer Atlante, under the command of Dominque de Orué.Шаблон:Sfnp

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