Ann (1792 ship)

History
Great Britain
NameAnn
Launched1792, Chester
General characteristics
Tons burthen223, or 226(bm)
Complement
  • 1793: 20
  • 1795: 28
  • 1796: 30
  • 1800: 30
Armament
  • 1793: 10 × 3-pounder guns
  • 1795: 16 × 9-pounder guns
  • 1796: 16 × 3&6-pounder guns
  • 1800: 16 × 6-pounder guns
  • 1810: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 8 × 12-pounder carronades

Ann was launched at Chester in 1792 as a West Indiaman. From 1796 she made nine complete voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She participated in several single ship actions. On her first voyage she repelled an attack by a French privateer. On her second a privateer captured her but she was recaptured. On her ninth voyage a French privateer again captured her, but this time her captor plundered and then released her. She sank on 24 May 1810 in the Old Dock at Liverpool, but was salvaged.