Harpooner (1771 ship)
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For other ships with the same name, see Harpooner (ship).
Harpooner was launched at Liverpool in 1771. In 1778 she became a privateer. She captured at least two French merchantmen before a French privateer captured her in January 1780. She became the French privateer Comptesse of Buzanisis, which the Royal Navy recaptured. Harpooner returned to online records in 1782, and in 1783 became the slave ship Trelawney, which then made two complete voyages in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She was no longer listed after 1786.
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Kingdom of Great Britain | |
Name | Harpooner |
Owner | P.Sheppard[1] |
Builder | Liverpool |
Launched | 1771 |
Captured | January 1780 |
France | |
Name | Comptesse of Buzanisis |
Acquired | 1780 by capture |
Captured | December 1780 |
Kingdom of Great Britain | |
Name | Harpooner |
Owner | J.Margetson |
Acquired | circa 1782 by purchase of a prize |
Renamed | Trelawney (1783) |
Fate | No longer listed after 1786 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 200, or 230[2] (bm) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Complement | 56 (at capture) |
Armament | 20 × 12 & 12 × 4-pounder guns[1] |
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