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Several vessels have been named ''Goodrich'':


''Goodrich'' (1779 ship)

* , of 250 tons ( bm), was launched at Newbury. She first appeared in ''
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'' (''LR'') in the volume for 1781 with Buchanan, master, Ingram, owner, and trade London privateer. Captain John Buchanan acquired a
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on 28 December 1780. ''Goodrich'' was armed with twenty 12-pounder guns and six 12-pounder
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s, and had a crew of 120 men. In 1781 she captured a number of valuable prizes, including the Dutch merchantmen ''Leendert & Matthy's'', and ''Margaretta Catharina''. On 10 October 1781 ''Goodrich'' had an inconclusive
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with the American
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''St James'', which was under the command of
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. ''Goodrich'' was last listed in 1783.


''Goodrich'' (1793 ship)

* was a brig launched in Bermuda. She made three voyages as a
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between 1795 and 1799. She then became a general merchantman and was wrecked in 1808.


''Goodrich'' (1799 schooner)

* was launched in Liverpool. She made seven voyages as a
slave ship Slave ships were large cargo ships specially built or converted from the 17th to the 19th century for transporting Slavery, slaves. Such ships were also known as "Guineamen" because the trade involved human trafficking to and from the Guinea ( ...
between 1799 and 1807, two of them while being owned by Americans. After the
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ended the British slave trade she became a merchantman. A French privateer captured her in June or July 1808.


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