British Tar (1804 ship)

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History
Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameBritish Tar
Owner
  • 1804:Lockyer [1]
  • 1806:Pinson & Co.
BuilderSpain, [2] or America [3]
Launched1793 [2]
AcquiredBy purchase of a prize
FateCaptured and burned January 1806
General characteristics
Tons burthen162, [3] or 167, [2] (bm)
Armament2 × 4-pounder guns [2]

British Tar was probably launched in Spain, though possibly in the United States, in 1793. She appears to have come into British hands as a prize in 1802, but she does not appear in the British registers until 1804. In January 1806 British Tar, W. White, master, Pinson & Co., owner, was on a voyage from Labrador in British North America to a Mediterranean port during the War of the Third Coalition when a French Navy squadron captured and burned her in the Mediterranean Sea. [4]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1804T. LockyearT. LockyearPlymouthRegister of Shipping; [1] thorough repair 1802
1805WhitePinson & Co.Dartmouth–Newfoundland Lloyd's Register ; good repair 1805
1806W. WhitePinson & Co.London–NewfoundlandRegister of Shipping; [2] marked "Captured"
1806WhitePinson & Co.Dartmouth–NewfoundlandLloyd's Register [3]

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