Duff (1794 ship)
The missionary ship Duff arriving at Otaheite in 1797 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Great Britain | |
| Name | Duff |
| Owner |
|
| Builder | Peter Everitt Mestaer, King and Queen Dock, Rotherhithe |
| Launched | 3 March 1794 |
| Fate | Captured 1799 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ship |
| Tons burthen | 267 (bm) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Complement | 18 crew |
| Armament | 1797: 10 × 6-pounder guns |
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Duff was a ship launched on the Thames in 1794. In 1796 the London Missionary Society engaged her to take a party of missionaries to the South Pacific. Once she had landed the missionaries she sailed to China and took a cargo back to England for the British East India Company. On this voyage her captain named a variety of South Pacific islands. On her second voyage to deliver missionaries a French privateer captured her in 1799 off the coast of Brazil on the outward-bound leg of her voyage.