Sea Horse (1782 ship)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Great Britain | |
| Name | Sea Horse |
| Namesake | The Hippocampus (mythology) |
| Builder | Randall and Brent, Gravesend |
| Launched | 30 March 1782 |
| Captured | October 1795 |
| Spain | |
| Name | Principe Fernando |
| Acquired | circa October 1795 by purchase of a prize |
| Captured | January 1800 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | Sea Horse |
| Acquired | 1800 by purchase of a prize |
| Fate | Wrecked 1816 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 280, or 285 (bm) |
| Length | 98 ft 6 in (30.0 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft 5 in (8.1 m) |
| Depth of hold | 11 ft 6 in (3.5 m) |
| Complement | 20 |
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Sea Horse was launched in 1782 at Gravesend for the Hudson's Bay Company. She then became a merchantman that a French naval squadron captured in 1795. She next became the Spanish merchantman Principe Fernando, which a Guernsey privateer recaptured in January 1800. She became a merchantman again, and then made one voyage as a whaler. She became a Government transport and it was as a transport that she was wrecked in 1816 with great loss of life.