Countess of Harcourt (1811 ship)
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Countess of Harcourt was a two-decker, teak merchant ship launched at Prince of Wales's Island in 1811, and sold in Great Britain in 1814. An American privateer captured her in 1814, but the British recaptured her in 1815. Later, she made five trips transporting convicts to Australia. Between the third and fourth of these, she undertook a voyage to China and Nova Scotia while under charter to the British East India Company (EIC). She was wrecked in late 1830.
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Name | Countess of Harcourt |
Owner | George Frederick Young |
Builder | Chiene,[1] Prince of Wales's Island[2] |
Launched | 9 January 1811[1][lower-alpha 1] |
Captured | June 1814 |
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Name | Sabine |
Acquired | Purchased October 1814 |
Captured | 15 January 1815 |
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Name | Countess of Harcourt |
Acquired | By capture 15 January 1815 |
Fate | Wrecked in December 1830 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 491, or 501,[3] or 502,[2] and later 517,[4] or 51774⁄94[3] (bm) |
Length | 112 ft 6 in (34.3 m)[1] |
Beam | 32 ft 10 in (10.0 m)[1] |
Propulsion | Sail |
Complement | 90 (1814)[5] |
Armament | 2 × 4-pounder guns + 6 × 12-pounder carronades[6] |
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