Windsor Castle (1783 ship)

History
Great Britain
NameWindsor Castle
NamesakeWindsor Castle
BuilderWhitby
Launched1783
CapturedFoundered 1803
General characteristics
Tons burthen300, or 305, or 316 (bm)
PropulsionSail
Complement
  • 1797:15
  • 1801:25
Armament
  • 1797:14 × 3&6&9-pounder guns
  • 1801:12 × 9-pounder guns

Windsor Castle was launched at Whitby in 1783. Initially she was primarily a West Indiaman. Then from 1797 she made five voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She foundered off Bermuda in 1803 after having disembarked her captives.