Numerous vessels have been named ''Beaver'', for the beaver: * ''Beaver'', one of the ships involved in the

Boston Tea Party The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. The target was the Tea Act of May 10, 1773, which allowed the British East India Company to sell t ...

in 1773 * was launched on the Thames in 1793. She traded between London and Canada but in 1796 she became a

whaler A whaler or whaling ship is a specialized vessel, designed or adapted for whaling: the catching or processing of whales. Terminology The term ''whaler'' is mostly historic. A handful of nations continue with industrial whaling, and one, Japa ...

in the Southern whale fishery. The Spanish captured her in 1797. * was launched in 1796 at Liverpool. She made seven complete voyages as a

slave ship Slave ships were large cargo ships specially built or converted from the 17th to the 19th century for transporting slaves. Such ships were also known as "Guineamen" because the trade involved human trafficking to and from the Guinea coast ...

in the

triangular trade Triangular trade or triangle trade is trade between three ports or regions. Triangular trade usually evolves when a region has export commodities that are not required in the region from which its major imports come. It has been used to offset ...

in enslaved persons. She was captured and retaken once, in 1804, and captured a second time in 1807, during her eighth voyage. * , an American merchant vessel * , a steamship 1835–1892, important in the history of British Columbia, * , a steamboat * , a steam tugboat in Australia launched in 1886 * , see

boats of the Mackenzie River watershed The Mackenzie River in Canada's Northwest Territories is a historic waterway, used for centuries by Indigenous peoples, specifically the Dene, as a travel and hunting corridor. Also known as the Deh Cho, it is part of a larger watershed that incl ...

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