Harriot (1803 ship)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Harriot, later Harriet |
| Builder | Broadstairs |
| Launched | 1803 |
| Captured | April 1809 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 248, or 249 (bm) |
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Harriot (or Harriet) was launched at Broadstairs in 1803. She made four voyages between 1804 and 1807 as a Guineaman (slave ship) in the triangular trade in enslaved people. Following the prohibition in 1807 on British vessels participating in the trans-Atlantic slave trade Harriet became a West Indiaman. A French privateer captured Harriet in April 1809 as Harriet was returning to England from Port au Prince.