HMS Spy (1756)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Spy |
| Ordered | 9 July 1755 |
| Builder | Robert Inwood, Rotherhithe |
| Laid down | 25 July 1755 |
| Launched | 3 February 1756 |
| Fate | Sold 3 September 1773. |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | Spy |
| Acquired | Circa 1773 by purchase |
| Renamed |
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| Fate | Last listed 1792 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Bonetta-class sloop |
| Tons burthen | 22275⁄94, or 230, or 250 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 24 ft 5 in (7.4 m) |
| Depth of hold | 10 ft 10 in (3.3 m) |
| Sail plan | Snow |
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HMS Spy was a Bonetta-class sloop launched at Rotherhithe in 1756 for the Royal Navy. The Navy sold her in 1773. From 1776, or perhaps earlier she was a transport. Then from 1780 to 1783, as Mars, she was first a privateer and then a slave ship, engaged in the triangular trade in enslaved persons. Between 1783 and 1787 her name was Tartar, and she traded with the Mediterranean. From 1787, as Southampton, she was a whaler in the British southern whale fishery. She made at least four complete whaling voyages and was last listed in 1792.