Harriet (1795 ship)

History
Great Britain
BuilderMackenzie, Calcutta
Launched12 December 1795
FateLost c. 1841
General characteristics
Tons burthen363, or 364, or 373, or 400 (bm)
Complement50
Armament
  • 1796: 10 × 4-pounder guns
  • 1799: 20 × 12&18-pounder cannons
  • 1809: 8 × 18-pounder carronades
  • 1813: 8 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder chase guns
NotesTeak-built

Harriet (or Harriett; pre-1808 Harriot) was launched at Calcutta, between 1793 and 1795. Between 1795 and 1801 she made three voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), and was chartered for use as a transport for a naval campaign that was cancelled. She became a transport and then in 1817 made another voyage to India, this time under a license from the EIC. She then became a whaler in the British Southern Whale Fishery, making seven complete whaling voyages and being lost c.1841 on her eighth.

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