Duke of Buccleugh (1783 ship)

History
Great Britain
NameDuke of Buccleugh
NamesakeDuke of Buccleuch
BuilderYarmouth
Launched1783
CapturedSeptember 1797
General characteristics
Tons burthen239, or 260 (bm)
Complement
  • 1794: 25
  • 1796: 25
Armament
  • 1794: 12 × 4-pounder guns + 4 swivel guns
  • 1796: 14 × 4-pounder guns + 2 swivel guns

Duke of Buccleugh (or Duke of Buccleuch), was launched at Yarmouth in 1783. In 1789 she became a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She made five complete enslaving voyages. On her fifth she had to repel an attack by a French privateer in a single ship action. A French privateer captured her in September 1797 after she had delivered her captives on her sixth voyage.