Several ships have been named ''Caesar'' for

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

lightship Lightship may refer to: * Lightvessel, a moored ship that has light beacons mounted as navigational aids * '' The Lightship'', a 1985 American drama film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski *''The Lightship (novel)'', by Siegfried Lenz on which the film ...

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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