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between Leith and London until 1825, when she became a Leith-based coaster. She then was unlisted for two years, reappearing in 1828 with new owners. She sailed between London and the Continent and was last listed in
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she made three more complete voyages transporting enslaved people. She was lost at Barbados in 1791 on her seventh voyage with the loss of 280 of the 360 captives on board.
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in the late 18th century. She was launched in 1785 and taken up by the King George's Sound Company. She sailed in 1785 on a voyage of exploration, together with the
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tons, her length as 64 ft 4 in (19.6 m), and her breadth as 18 ft 3 in (5.6 m). A listing of Harwich packets from the 1814 volume of
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tons (bm), and carried six 4-pounder guns. She served from 30 May 1803 to 15 December 1804, and again from 17 September 1807 until 18 May 1814.
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in the South Seas and sought furs in the Pacific Northwest. They returned to England via Canton, where they picked up cargoes for the British
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of the world. On her return new owners apparently sailed her between Britain and South Carolina. She is no longer listed after 1796.
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had been detained at Helvöet. Captain Flynn and six of his men cut out an open boat and sailed to Yarmouth. The smuggler was named
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until 1805 when the Netherlands fell under Napoleonic control. The Harwich packets tended to be of about 80 tons (
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was a French ship that the British captured circa 1797. Her new owners renamed her and employed her as a
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and she and her cargo were sold at auction on 9 July 1805. The auction notice gave her burthen as 86
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she made three voyages between 1783 and 1786 transporting enslaved people. Then from 1787 on as
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launched at Dover in 1802, gave her burthen as 82 tons, and her armament as six 6-pounder guns.
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was launched on the Thames. She spent about three-quarters of her career sailing for the
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British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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Bury and Norwich Post: Or, Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, and Cambridge Advertiser
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History of the Post-Office Packet Service between the Years 1793-1815
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of liquor, and some tobacco. The smuggler was the former Harwich
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was launched in France in 1775 under another name, possibly as
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that the Dutch had detained at the beginning of the war.
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for the Old Shipping Company of Berwick. She sailed as a
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to be armed with four or later six 4 or 6-pounder guns.
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was a British merchant ship engaged in whaling and the
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was built by Kable & Underwood at Sydney in 1805.
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Index

King George (1781 ship)
Hudson's Bay Company
whaler
northern whale fishery
King George (1783 ship)
King George (1784 EIC ship)
East India Company
West Indiaman
King George (1785 ship)
maritime fur trade
Queen Charlotte
whaled
East India Company
circumnavigation
King George (1787 ship)
slave ship
triangular trade
King George (1797 ship)
Liverpool-based
slave ship
triangular trade
King George Packet (1802 Berwick ship)
Berwick-on-Tweed
packet
King George Packet (1802 Dover ship)
HMS Musquito
Roads
ankers
Lloyd's List
hired armed cutter

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