British Tar (1804 ship) - Misplaced Pages

For other ships with the same name, see British Tar (ship).

British Tar was probably launched in Spain, though possibly in the United States, in 1793. She appears to have come into British hands as a prize in 1802, but she does not appear in the British registers until 1804. In January 1806 British Tar, W. White, master, Pinson & Co., owner, was on a voyage from Labrador in British North America to a Mediterranean port during the War of the Third Coalition when a French Navy squadron captured and burned her in the Mediterranean Sea.

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source
1804	T. Lockyear	T. Lockyear	Plymouth	Register of Shipping; thorough repair 1802
1805	White	Pinson & Co.	Dartmouth–Newfoundland	Lloyd's Register; good repair 1805
1806	W. White	Pinson & Co.	London–Newfoundland	Register of Shipping; marked "Captured"
1806	White	Pinson & Co.	Dartmouth–Newfoundland	Lloyd's Register

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v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1806
Shipwrecks	10 Jan: Atalante, Bato 11 Jan: HMS Hibernia 15 Jan: HMS Anson January (unknown date): British Tar, Ceres 6 Feb: Diomède, Impérial 11 Feb: Britannia 17 Feb: HMS Jupiter February (unknown date): Agincourt 10 Mar: Ceres March (unknown date): Earl Fauconberg, Hired armed lugger Venus 4 Apr: Lancaster 12 Apr: Brave 20 Apr: Lady Burges 22 Apr: Governor King 10 May: Swan 20 May: Sydney 24 May: HMS Berbice 13 Jul: Tellicherry 18 Jul: Bee July (unknown date): Will 2 Aug: Holderness 21 Aug: Exeter, Nutwell 23 Aug: Herculean 24 Aug: Coverdale 25 Aug: Britannia 3 Sep: Backhouse 14 Sep: Impétueux September (unknown date): HMS Flight 20 Oct: HMS Athenienne 30 Oct: HMS Zenobia 4 Nov: HMS Redbridge 29 Nov: Port au Prince 17 Dec: Loyal Sam 21 Dec: Skelton Castle 25 Dec: Stotfield fishing disaster Unknown date: George, Jane, John and James, Minerva, Rosina
Other incidents	Jan HMS Manly 23 Jan: Broderick 21 May: HMS Dominica 13 Jun: Henriette 11 Dec: HMS Surinam
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