British Tar (1804 ship)

For other ships with the same name, see British Tar (ship).

History
United 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]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1804 T. Lockyear T. Lockyear Plymouth Register of Shipping;[1] thorough repair 1802
1805 White Pinson & Co. Dartmouth–Newfoundland Lloyd's Register; good repair 1805
1806 W. White Pinson & Co. London–Newfoundland Register of Shipping;[2] marked "Captured"
1806 White Pinson & Co. Dartmouth–Newfoundland Lloyd's Register[3]

Citations

  1. ^ a b Register of Shipping (1804), Seq.№534.
  2. ^ a b c d e Register of Shipping (1806), Seq.№540.
  3. ^ a b c Lloyd's Register (1806), Seq.№536.
  4. ^ Lloyd's List №4297.