Sovereign (1793 ship)

History
Great Britain
NameSovereign
Owner
  • 1794:A. Towers
  • 1800:Baring & Co.
  • 1805:Dick & Co.
  • 1815:R. Mount & Co.
BuilderShields, Newcastle-on-Tyne, or Sunderland
Launched1793
FateLast listed 1822
General characteristics
Tons burthen357, or 362 (bm)
Complement24
Armament
  • 1795:10 × 3&4-pounder guns
  • 1810:6 × 6-pounder guns
  • 1815:12 × 6-pounder guns

Sovereign was launched at Shields in 1793 as a West Indiaman. She made one voyage between 1795 and 1797 for the British East India Company (EIC), to New South Wales and then Bengal. She then resumed trading with the West Indies and was last listed in 1822.