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Several ships have been named ''Globe'': * was launched at Virginia and served as a Baltimore-based privateer during the War of 1812. She captured 14 ships and had several engagements, including a three-hour action with an Algerine sloop of war. * was launched at Scarborough and in 1818-1819 transported convicts to New South Wales; she was wrecked in 1824. *, of
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, was launched in 1815. In 1824 her crew mutinied, but eventually most of the mutineers were killed or captured, and the vessel itself returned to her owners' hands; she continued to whale until about 1828. {{italic title Ship names