''Clermont'' was launched at in 1786, or 1787 in South Carolina, or New York. She spent almost her entire career sailing between Britain and North America. In 1798 a French privateer captured her but a British slaver homeward-bound recaptured her. She was last listed around 1808, at which time she had been sailing as a London-based coaster

Career

''Clarement'' first appeared in '' Lloyd's Register'' (''LR'') in 1787. In November 1798 ''

Lloyd's List ''Lloyd's List'' is one of the world's oldest continuously running journals, having provided weekly shipping news in London as early as 1734. It was published daily until 2013 (when the final print issue, number 60,850, was published), and is ...

'' reported that the French privateer had captured several vessels near the Newfoundland Banks. The vessels were ''Clermont'', ''Commerce'', and ''George'', and two other English vessels and one Portuguese. The slave ship recaptured ''Clermont'' as ''Brooks'' was returning to England after having delivered her slaves to Jamaica. ''Clermont'', Bartels, master, had been sailing from North Carolina when ''Brooks'' recaptured her.

Fate

''Clermont'' was last listed in ''LR'' in 1808 with data unchanged since 1805. She was listed in the ''Register of Shipping'' for a few more years, also with data unchanged from earlier years. The ''Register of Shipping'' showed her trade as "London coaster".

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