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Cornwallis (1803 ship)

For other ships with the same name, see Cornwallis (ship).

History
French Navy EnsignFrance
Launched1802
Captured1803
United Kingdom
NameCornwallis
Owner
  • 1804: Robe & Co.[a]
  • 1809:Smith & Co.
  • 1811:J. Williams
  • 1826:G.E. Henderson
Acquired1804 purchase
FateLast listed in Lloyd's List in 1834.
General characteristics
Tons burthen170,[1] or 177, or 178, or 179,[2] or 180,[3] or 184,[4] or 186[5] (bm)
Sail planSnow; later ship
Complement
Armament
  • 1803:10 × 12&6-pounder guns[4]
  • 1806:10 × 4-pounder guns[6]
  • 1809:10 × 12&9-pounder guns[4]
  • 1811:2 × 9-pounder + 8 × 12-pounder guns[7]
  • 1813:4 × 3-pounder guns + 4 × 12-pounder carronades

Cornwallis was a French vessel launched in 1802 that came into British hands in 1803. Under a sequence of owners she traded with the West Indies, Spain, the Cape of Good Hope, and Singapore. She is last listed in 1834.


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  5. ^ Farr (1950), p.227.
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