Hercules (1771 ship)

History
Province of Georgia
BuilderGeorgia
Launched1771
FateTransfer to British registry c.1777
Great Britain
NameHercules
NamesakeHercules
Acquiredc.1777
Captured1797
General characteristics
Tons burthen190, or 230 (bm)
Armament6 × 4-pounder + 4 × 2-pounder guns
NotesBuilt of live oak and pine

Hercules was launched at Georgia in 1771. She appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1778 and became a West Indiaman. Between 1792 and 1796 she made three voyages as a whaler in the Southern Whale Fishery. In 1797 the French captured Hercules as she was on her fourth voyage.

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