Neptune (ship)

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Neptune, may refer to a number of sailing ships named for Neptune, the god of freshwater and the sea in Roman mythology:

  • Neptune (1780 ship), an 809-ton (bm) merchantman built in 1779, that was part of the Second Fleet
  • Neptune (1785 ship), a 218-ton (bm) merchantman built in 1778 in America that made one voyage as a whaler and that was last listed in 1803.
  • Neptune (1796 EIC ship), a 1468-ton (bm) East Indiaman that made eight voyages for the British East India Company (EIC)
  • Neptune (1797 ship) was the first ship built in Quebec after the British occupation. She sailed to England where she became a West Indiaman. A French privateer captured her in 1809.
  • Neptune (1805 ship) was launched as a West Indiaman. A French privateer captured her in 1809 but passengers and some disaffected members of the prize crew recaptured her. She returned to the West Indies trade and foundered on 4 February 1825 while returning to Liverpool from New Orleans.
  • Neptune (1810 ship), a 477-ton (bm) merchantman built in 1810. She made two voyages transporting convicts to Australia before she was broken up at Cape Town as unseaworthy.
  • , of 554/5 tons (bm) and 126', was built by John Munn.
  • Neptune (1815 ship) made one voyage for the EIC, and later two voyages transporting convicts to Van Diemen's Land.
  • Neptune (1836 ship) made one voyage transporting convicts to New South Wales. Last listed 1845.

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