Otter (1807 ship)

History
United States
BuilderAmerica
Launched1799
FateSold c.1807
United Kingdom
NameOtter
NamesakeOtter
Owner
Acquiredc.1807
FateCaptured November 1813
General characteristics
Tons burthen169, or 170 (bm)
Armament2 × 6-pounder guns

Otter was launched in America in 1799. She appeared in the Register of Shipping in 1809, after she had already made the first of three voyages as a whaler. She then started trading with the Mediterranean where the French captured her in 1813.