List of ships named Aurora

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Many vessels have been named Aurora, generally for the Roman goddess of the dawn:

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Britannia may refer to any one of a large number of ships:

Several vessels have been named Harriet, or Harriot:

Dart was launched in South America under a different name. She was taken in prize circa 1806. Once under British ownership she performed one voyage as a whaler in the southern whale fishery. She then traded as a merchantman before in 1810 receiving a letter of marque. As a privateer she did something quite unusual: she made a voyage to Africa where she captured five slave ships. After this Dart returned to normal trading, this time with South America. In 1813 as she was returning to London from Buenos Aires she stopped at Pernambuco, where she was condemned as unseaworthy.

Numerous vessels have borne the name Fame:

Governor Dowdeswell was launched in 1798 in Spain or France under another name. The British captured her in 1800. New owners in Liverpool renamed her and employed her as a slave ship for five voyages in the triangular trade in enslaved people. With the end of the British slave trade in 1807, new owners employed her as a whaler. She made one complete whaling voyage to the Pacific but the Spanish seized he during her second whaling voyage there.

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Several ships have been named Ceres for Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture:

Several ships have been named Harpooner:

Rose was launched at Liverpool in 1806. She made one voyage as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. Following the abolition of the slave trade new owners sailed her to South America, to New South Wales, and then to the South Seas as a whaler. While Rose was off Peru the U.S. Navy captured her, but released her as a cartel. She returned to England and began trading with Savannah. She was last listed in 1823.

Several ships have been named John:

Several vessels have been named Tartar:

Tamerlane was launched in 1769 in Bermuda. She first appeared in British records in 1788 and then carried out three voyages as a whaler in the Britishsouthern whale fishery. Next, she made one voyage as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. French frigates captured and burnt her in 1794.

Several ships have been named Thetis for Thetis:

Several vessels have been named Olive Branch, for the olive branch:

Marquis of Huntley was built in Holland under another name. She was taken in prize circa 1803 and became a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She made two complete voyages; with the end of the British slave trade she first traded with the Baltic and then made one voyage from Hull as a whaler in the northern whale fishery. She foundered in 1809 while returning to England from the Baltic.

Several vessels have been named William:

Several vessels have been named Concord:

Several ships have been named Trelawney or Trelawny.

Several vessels have been named Brothers: