Sarah (1800 ship)

History
United Kingdom
NameSarah
BuilderHartlepoole
Launched1800 or 1801
FateLast listed in 1826
General characteristics
Tons burthen290 (bm)
PropulsionSail
Armament2 × 3-pounder guns + 2 × 12-pounder carronades

Sarah was launched at Hartlepool in 1800. Between 1807 and 1813 Sarah made two voyages as a whaler in the British southern whale fishery. On her first whaling voyage her captain claimed the Auckland Islands for Britain. As she was coming home a French privateer captured her, but a British privateer recaptured her. After her whaling voyages Sarah became a transport, a West Indiaman, and traded with North America. She was last listed in 1826.