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, England. She made one voyage transporting

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s to

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. She then made a voyage for the British

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from China back to Britain. She leaves ''

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'' in 1858. * was a 152 or 165-ton ( bm) 16 to 18-gun brig built in France in 1801. She twice received letters of marque in 1805. She made one trip as a

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during which the

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captured her. The British

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recaptured her in February 1806 at

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and took her into service. She returned to England in December 1807 and was laid up until sold in 1810. She then became a merchantman until she was lost or

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in 1825. * ''Rolla'' (1803), a 118-ton (bm)

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built in Yarmouth * ''Rolla'' (1804), a 225-ton (bm)

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built in North America that received letters of marque in 1807 and 1810. * , of 117 or 132 tons (bm), an American privateer

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, launched in 1809 at

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, that captured or recaptured some 10 vessels before HMS ''Loire'' captured her on 10 December 1813. She then became the Nova Scotia privateer ''Rolla''. She sank in January 1815 off

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with the loss of her entire crew of 42 men, and nine prisoners from

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she had captured. * ''Rolla'' (1813), a 250-ton (bm) schooner built in A.P. * , a brig built in

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. She was abandoned c.1864. * ''Rolla'' (1819), a 130-ton (bm) brig built in

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* ''Rolla'' (1840), a 309-ton (bm) snow built in

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