Elizabeth (1786 ship)

History
Great Britain
NameElizabeth
Owner
  • 1802:Richard Buller, Francis Ingram, & William Ingram
  • 1805:William Brade, James Brade, William Smith, & Richard Haton
BuilderBermuda
Launched1786 or 1790
FateCaptured c.December 1809 or January 1810
General characteristics
Tons burthen2045894, or 206, or 207 (bm)
Complement
  • 1804:30
  • 1805:25
Armament
  • 1804:14 × 6-pounder guns
  • 1805:12 × 6-pounder guns
  • 1808:10 × 6-pounder carronades
  • 1811:16 × 6-pounder guns
NotesBuilt mostly of Bermuda cedar

Elizabeth was launched at Bermuda in 1786 or 1790. She first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR), in 1802. She then made four voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. During the second of these voyages a French privateer captured her. After the end of British participation in the trans-Atlantic trade in enslaved people, she spent a little over a year as a hired armed tender under contract to the British Royal Navy. She returned to mercantile service trading with Madeira or Africa, until another French privateer captured her in early 1810.