Several ships have been named ''British Tar'' an alternative nickname for British sailors to
Jack Tar
Jack Tar (also Jacktar, Jack-tar or Tar) is a common English language, English term that was originally used to refer to sailor, seamen of the British Merchant Navy, Merchant Navy or the Royal Navy, particularly during the British Empire. By World ...
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* was launched at Shields and made five voyages as a
whaler
A whaler or whaling ship is a specialized vessel, designed or adapted for whaling: the catching or processing of whales.
Terminology
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and several 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 then became a general trader. She was lost on 29 January 1818.
* was built in Plymouth (probably Plymouth, Massachusetts). She sailed from Bristol in 1805 on a
slave trading
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voyage during which the French captured her. She became the privateer ''Revanche'', out of Guadeloupe. ''Revanche'' fought an inconclusive
single-ship action
A single-ship action is a naval engagement fought between two warships of opposing sides, excluding submarine engagements; it is called so because there is a single ship on each side. The following is a list of notable single-ship actions.
Sing ...
in 1806 with . The British captured ''Revanche'' in 1808.
* was built by Lockwood Brodrick (Late), at South Shields. She was last listed in 1811.
* was launched in 1793 in Spain under another name and taken in prize. In 1806 she was on a voyage from Labrador to the Mediterranean when a French squadron captured and burnt her.
* was launched at Whitby in 1814. She became a Liverpool-based merchantman, trading across the Atlantic with North America until she was wrecked in August 1840.
* , of 383–395 tons (bm), was a brig launched at Sunderland. In 1834 she made a voyage carrying immigrants to Canada under the
Petworth Emigration Scheme
The Petworth Emigration Scheme was an initiative sponsored by the Earl of Egremont and promoted by Thomas Sockett, Anglican Rector of Petworth. It sent around 1800 working-class people from southern England to Upper Canada between 1832 and 1837.< ...
. She was last listed in 1863.
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