Several ships have been named ''Caesar'' for

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: * ''Caesar'' was a British

privateer A privateer is a private person or vessel which engages in commerce raiding under a commission of war. Since robbery under arms was a common aspect of seaborne trade, until the early 19th century all merchant ships carried arms. A sovereign o ...

brig that the French frigate captured on 6 December 1807 and burnt. ''Caesar'' was a brig of 217 tons (bm), armed with fourteen 6-pounders and two 18-pounder carronades. Her master, Robert Harrison, had received his

letter of marque A letter of marque and reprisal () was a Sovereign state, government license in the Age of Sail that authorized a private person, known as a privateer or French corsairs, corsair, to attack and capture vessels of a foreign state at war with t ...

on 1 January 1807. * was a West Indiaman launched on the Thames and wrecked in 1810 off the

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. :The following vessels have been conflated on occasion due to their sharing a name and a launch origin, having a similar burthen, and one commencing to sail shortly after the other is no longer listed: * was launched on the Thames. She is last listed in 1824–1825. * was launched on the Thames. She traded with India and the East Indies under a licence from the British

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(EIC); she completed one voyage for the EIC (1832–1833) before she wrecked in 1833. * ''Caesar'' (1825 lightship) was a

lightship A lightvessel, or lightship, is a ship that acts as a lighthouse. It is used in waters that are too deep or otherwise unsuitable for lighthouse construction. Although some records exist of fire beacons being placed on ships in Roman times, the ...

stationed at

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in the

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from 1826 to 1830. Run aground and abandoned before reaching her station, the ship was salvaged and entered service a year later. She was found to be riddled with dryrot only five years after her launch.

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