Citations
This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
Several ships have been named Emu for the emu:
Alexander was a merchant ship launched at Hull in 1783 or 1784. She was one of the vessels in the First Fleet, that the British government hired to transport convicts for the European colonisation of Australia in 1788. On her return voyage from Australia the British East India Company permitted her to carry a cargo from Canton back to Britain. Thereafter she traded out of London until 1809, when she is no longer listed.
Britannia may refer to any one of a large number of ships:
Emu was a merchant ship built at Liverpool in 1812 that transported convicts to Australia. An American privateer captured her in 1812 as she was carrying female convicts to Van Diemen's Land.
Holkar was an American privateer active during the War of 1812 that made several captures. HMS Orpheus destroyed her on 11 May 1813.
Providence may refer to a number of ships:
Indefatigable was a square-rigged, three-decked, three-masted merchant ship launched in 1799 at Whitby for James Atty & Co. for the West Indies trade. In 1804 she served as an armed defense ship and recaptured a merchantman that a privateer had captured. She was a transport in the 1805–1806 British invasion of the Dutch Cape colony. She twice transported convicts to Australia; on the first trip she was chartered to the British East India Company (EIC). She burned to the waterline in 1815.
A number of sailing ships have been named Ocean.
A number of vessels have been named Alexander:
A number of ships have been named Friendship:
Numerous vessels have borne the name Coromandel, named for the Coromandel Coast.
HM Colonial brig Kangaroo, was a brig built at Bideford, England in 1811 or 1812. She belonged to the British Royal Navy's Transport Board and was based at Port Jackson. There she made voyages for the colonial government along the east coast of Australia with goods and troops. She made one voyage to Ceylon for merchandise and transporting military convicts from Ceylon to Australia. She returned to England in 1817 and the Navy sold her in 1818.
City of Edinburgh may refer to a number of ships, all named after the city of Edinburgh, Scotland:
A number of ships have been named Duke of York after numerous holders of the title of Duke of York :
A number of ships with the name Asia served the British East India Company (EIC) as East Indiamen:
A number of sailing ships have been named Eliza.
Vittoria has been the name of several vessels:
Several ships have borne the name Caledonia for Caledonia:
Several ships have been named Runnymede, for Runnymede: