Several vessels have been named ''Calypso'' for the figure from

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. * ''Calypso'' was a

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of 47 tons ( bm), built in Dublin in 1792. On 21 June 1796 she sailed, probably from

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, as a

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in the

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in enslaved people. "Renau's squadron" captured her on the

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of Africa; her master ransomed her. She then completed her voyage, arriving at Barbados on 1 June 1797 with 79 slaves.Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – ''Calypso'' voyage #80727.
/ref> She then disappears from online records. * ''Calypso'', of 190 tons (bm), was built in Bermuda in 1795. The

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purchased her circa 1796 to support their settlement in Sierra Leone. A French privateer under Spanish colours captured ''Calypso'', Cole, master, in February 1798 as ''Calypso'' was going down the Gold Coast from Sierra Leone. * is a former British

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converted into a

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for the

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researcher

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, equipped with a mobile laboratory for underwater field research. She was severely damaged in 1996 and was planned to undergo a complete refurbishment in 2009–2011.

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