Neptune (ship)

Neptune may refer to a number of ships named for Neptune, the god of freshwater and the sea in Roman mythology.

Warships

• HMS Neptune, any of several Royal Navy warships
• French ship Neptune, any of several French Navy warships
• Spanish ship Neptuno, any of several Spanish Navy warships
• USS Neptune, any of several United States Navy warships

Merchant ships

• Neptune (~1740 ship), unknown tonnage, that made numerous passenger and supply passages from Europe to the colonial Americas under Captain Waire (also spelled Captain Ware in some records).
• Neptune (1780 ship), an 809-ton (bm) merchantman built in 1779, that was part of the Second Fleet
• Neptune (1785 ship), a 218-ton (bm) merchantman built in 1778 in America that made one voyage as a whaler and that was last listed in 1803.
• Neptune (1796 EIC ship), a 1468-ton (bm) East Indiaman that made eight voyages for the British East India Company (EIC)
• Neptune (1797 ship) was the first ship built in Quebec after the British occupation. She sailed to England where she became a West Indiaman. A French privateer captured her in 1809.
• Neptune (1805 ship) was launched as a West Indiaman. A French privateer captured her in 1809 but passengers and some disaffected members of the prize crew recaptured her. She returned to the West Indies trade and foundered on 4 February 1825, while returning to Liverpool from New Orleans.
• Neptune (1808 Quebec ship), of 554/5 tons (bm) and 126', was built by John Munn.
• Neptune (1810 ship), a 477-ton (bm) merchantman built in 1810. She made two voyages transporting convicts to Australia before she was broken up at Cape Town after being condemned as unseaworthy.
• Neptune (1815 ship) made one voyage for the EIC, and later two voyages transporting convicts to Van Diemen's Land.
• Neptune (1836 ship) made one voyage transporting convicts to New South Wales. Last listed 1845.
• PS Neptune (1850), was a Dumbarton-built passenger ship on St Petersburg-Cronstadt ferry service[1]
• PS Neptune (1861), a Clyde passenger steamer that became a Civil War blockade runner and was later USS Clyde

See also

• Neptun (ship)
• Neptuno (ship)

References

1. "Neptune". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 18 January 2023.

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