Several vessels have been named ''Westmoreland'':
* was launched in Yarmouth. Between 1800 and 1804 she made two voyages as a
slave ship
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. A French privateer captured her during her second voyage but the
Royal Navy
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recaptured her and she completed her voyage. The registers continued to carry her for a few years but with stale data; she actually made a voyage in 1805 to Demerara. On her way a privateer captured her.
* was launched on the Thames. She made two voyages as a
slave ship
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, and between them cruised as a privateer for some months. She then traded between Britain and the Mediterranean until she was last listed in 1814.
* was launched at Whitby. She first sailed as a
West Indiaman
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. From 1816 to 1821, and then again from 1823 to 1825, she sailed to India under a license from the British
East India Company
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(EIC). Her crew abandoned her at sea in October 1825. She eventually floated ashore on the coast of France and was salvaged.
* was a ship launched at Whithaven as a
West Indiaman
West Indiaman was a general name for any merchantman sailing ship making runs from the Old World to the West Indies and the east coast of the Americas. These ships were generally strong ocean-going ships capable of handling storms in the Atlantic ...
. She was lost on 5 December 1822.
* was launched at Hull. She sailed to India under a license from the British
East India Company
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(EIC). Next, she sailed to Australia with passengers. From Sydney she visited New Zealand, Tahiti, and Valparaiso, before returning to England. She then traded widely, to Russia, North America, West Africa, and India again. She was condemned at Saint Helena on 29 October 1845 as she was returning from the coast of Africa.
* was built at Lynn. She made three voyages
transporting convicts
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to
New South Wales
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, map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates:
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, es ...
. She was last listed in 1847.
* was built at Philadelphia. A fire damaged her greatly in 1873 and her owners sold her.
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