Minerva (1795 ship)

History
Great Britain
NameMinerva
BuilderLancaster, Lancashire
Launched1795
FateLast listed 1816
General characteristics
Tons burthen185, or 186 (bm)
Complement
  • 1799:18
  • 1801:25
  • 1803:30
Armament
  • 1799:16 × 6&12-pounder guns
  • 1801:16 × 6&12-pounder guns
  • 1803:16 × 6&12-pounder guns
  • 1809:12 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 18-pounder carronades

Minerva was launched in 1795 at Lancaster as a West Indiaman. In 1801 she was captured but immediately recaptured. Between 1802 and 1808 she made five voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She was last listed in 1816.