A number of ships have been named ''Friendship'':

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*''Friendship'' – a

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launched in 1705 for the Bengal Pilot service. *''Friendship'' – a

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owned by Roger Gregory of Virginia, wrecked off Portugal in 1770 * , a 278-ton ( bm)

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built in

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in 1784, that transported convicts to

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in 1788, as part of the

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. She was scuttled in 1788.Hitchings, Frank A. ''Ship Registers of the District of Salem and Beverly, 1799–1900'' Continued, The Essex Institute Historical Collections, Salem: Essex Institute, 1904, 194–5. *''Friendship'' – a

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built at Ipswich, Massachusetts, registered at Salem in 1789 to Asa Smith * , was a three-decker merchantman launched in 1793. She made three voyages for the British

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(EIC). During her first voyage, in 1796, a French privateer captured her, but the

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recaptured her. On the second, in 1799, she transported

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s from

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. She made a second voyage transporting convicts in 1817–18. On her way back she was broken up in 1819 at Mauritius after having been found unseaworthy. *''Friendship'', a brigantine of Salem, Massachusetts, of 164 tons, registered at Salem 1794 to Hodges & Nichols *''Friendship'', a schooner of Beverly, Massachusetts, of 111 tons, registered at Salem in 1795 to Woodbury & Haskell * was launched in France or Spain, possibly in 1780. The British captured her in 1797 and she became a

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, and from 1798 a

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. ''Friendship'' made two complete voyages carrying slaves from West Africa to the West Indies. On her third voyage crew members mutinied, taking her before she had embarked any slaves. They sailed for the Caribbean but the

retook her in 1801 and brought her into Barbados. There the Government Agent sold her. Tie incident resulted in a legal dispute between the owners and the insurers that in 1813 was decided in favour of the owners. New owners in 1803 continued to sail ''Friendship'' as West Indiaman. She was last listed in 1810. * ''Friendship'', an

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at Salem, Massachusetts, and launched in 1797; captured her in 1812 as she returned from Russia. *''Friendship'' (1824), a

of 120 tons (bm), built at

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for White & Co. (Van Dieman's Land Co.). *''Friendship'', brigantine, Beverly, 157 tons registered at Salem in 1799 to Lovett, Leach & Kilham *''Friendship'' was launched at Yarmouth in 1800. The

purchased her in 1804. She then served in the North Sea as until she wrecked in October 1812. *''Friendship'', schooner, Scarborough, Maine, 61 tons registered at Salem in 1801 to Hathorn & Pope *''FriendShip'', sloop, Thomaston, Maine, 82 tons registered at Salem in 1808 to Porter & Marshall *''Friendship'', schooner, place of construction unknown, 47 tons, registered at Salem in 1815 to Edward Richardson *''Friendship'', ship, of Portland, Maine, 366 tons, registered at Salem in 1816 to Waite and Pierce. This was the ''Friendship'' that Malay pirates captured in 1813 at Quallah Battoo.Hitchings, Frank A. Ship's Registers of the District of Salem and Beverly, Essex Institute, Salem, Essex Institute, 1905, 194–5.

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