At least two vessels have been named William Lee:
HMS Hecla was a Royal Navy Hecla-class bomb vessel launched in 1815. Like many other bomb vessels, she was named for a volcano, in this case Hekla in southern Iceland. She served at the Bombardment of Algiers in 1816. Subsequently she took part in three expeditions to the Arctic. She then served as a survey vessel on the coast of West Africa until she was sold in 1831. She became a merchantman and in 1834 a Greenland whaler. She was wrecked in 1840.
Several sailing ships have been named William and Ann:
Many ships have borne the name Isabella:
At least three ships have borne the name Wanstead, named for the town of Wanstead:
A number of sailing ships have been named Eliza.
Several vessels have been named Harriet, or Harriot:
Many vessels have been named Comet, after the astronomical object comet.
Emma was a merchant vessel launched at Calcutta in 1809 that served as a government armed ship in the British invasion of Île de France in 1810. In 1811 she sailed to England where she was sold. She then became a transport and later a whaler. Between 1815 and 1853 she made 11 whaling voyages. She was then sold and became a merchantman on the England-Australia run. Between 1851 and 1853 she made one more whaling voyage to the South Seas fisheries. She then returned to the England-Australia trade. In 1857 her home port became Hull, and she became a Greenland whaler, though that role may have begun as early as 1855. She was converted in 1864 to a screw steamer but was lost in April while seal hunting.
Several ships have been named Jane:
Numerous vessels have born the name George, including:
Several ships have been named Adventure:
At least two vessels in the early 19th century were known as the Manchester packet or Manchester Packet:
William Lee was launched in 1831 in Hull as a whaler in the Northern Whale Fishery. Her owners sold her in 1836 after six whaling voyages and she traded more widely, to Russia, Calcutta, and North America. She was wrecked in December 1847.
Several vessels have been named Venus for the planet Venus or the Roman goddess Venus: