Adventure (1799 ship)

History
Great Britain
NameAdventure
BuilderFrance
Acquired1799 by purchase of a prize
FateWrecked October 1814
General characteristics
Tons burthen347, or 368, or 379 (bm)
Complement
  • 1799: 40
  • 1801: 35
Armament
  • 1799: 20 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 18-pounder carronades
  • 1801: 16 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 18-pounder carronades
  • 1815: 6 × 4-pounder guns

Adventure was a vessel built in France that the British captured c.1799. New owners immediately sailed her as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She then made a voyage as West Indiaman during which a French privateer captured her, but the British Royal Navy quickly recaptured her. She made a second slave trading voyage. Thereafter she became a general trader, trading primarily with the Baltic. She was wrecked in October 1814. Although she was refloated and taken into Copenhagen, she disappeared from subsequent ship arrival and departure data.