Duff (1794 ship)
British merchant ship 1794–1799 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Duff was a ship launched on the Thames in 1794. In 1796 the London Missionary Society engaged her to take a party of missionaries to the South Pacific. Once she had landed the missionaries she sailed to China and took a cargo back to England for the British East India Company. On this voyage her captain named a variety of South Pacific islands. On her second voyage to deliver missionaries a French privateer captured her in 1799 off the coast of Brazil on the outward-bound leg of her voyage.
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The missionary ship Duff arriving at Otaheite in 1797 | |
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Name | Duff |
Owner |
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Builder | Peter Everitt Mestaer, King and Queen Dock, Rotherhithe[1] |
Launched | 3 March 1794[1] |
Fate | Captured 1799 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ship |
Tons burthen | 267[1] (bm) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Complement | 18 crew |
Armament | 1797: 10 × 6-pounder guns[2] |
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