Vanguard (1799 ship)

History
Great Britain
NameVanguard
BuilderLiverpool
Launched1799
FateCaptured 17 May 1809
General characteristics
Tons burthen300, or 353 (bm)
Complement
  • 1799:36
  • 1800:36
  • 1803:40
  • 1804:35
  • 1806:40
Armament
  • 1799:18 × 9&12-pounder guns
  • 1800:18 × 9-pounder guns
  • 1803:14 × 6&9-pounder guns
  • 1804:20 × 12&6-pounder guns
  • 1806:20 × 9&12-pounder guns
  • 1808:16 × 9=pounder + 4 ×12-pounder guns

Vanguard was launched in Liverpool in 1799. She made four voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. After the outlawing of the British slave trade she became a West Indiaman. A French privateer captured her in March 1809.