Several vessels have been named ''Mornington'' named for one or another Earl of Mornington, particularly Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington (General Wellington). * , a British merchant vessel launched at

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. She made three voyages under charter to the EIC. On the third French privateers twice captured her and

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vessels twice recaptured her. A fire destroyed her in 1815. * , a sloop of 22 guns and 438 tons (bm), was launched by the Bombay Dockyard as an armed cruiser for the Bombay Marine. She was later sold at auction. See also *

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