Several ships have been named ''Jane'':
*''Jane'' was launched in 1795 at Norfolk. The British
Royal Navy
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purchased her in June 1804 and renamed her . It sold her in 1814.
* was launched in Aberdeen. She spent her entire career as a
whaler in the
northern whale fishery
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The trade was broadly divided into two branches. The northern fis ...
. She was lost in 1829 in the
Davis Strait.
* was launched at Liverpool. An explosion destroyed her in 1806 on her first voyage as a
slave ship
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.
* was launched at Fort Gloucester. She transferred her registry to Britain and sailed between Britain and India or Batavia. She was last mentioned in 1820, though the registers continued to carry her until 1826.
* was launched at Kingston upon Hull as a
West Indiaman. Between 1818 and 1836 she was a
whaler in the northern whale fishery. She then became a merchantman and was wrecked c.1867.
* was an American vessel launched in 1810 or 1812 and taken in prize, first appearing in British registers in 1818. She then became a
whaler. Under the command of Captain
James Weddell she explored the area around the
South Shetland Islands
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and in 1823 reached the southernmost point ever reached until then. From about 1825 on she traded generally as a merchantman until she was condemned in 1829.
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