Beaver (1793 ship)

History
Great Britain
NameBeaver
NamesakeBeaver
Launched1793, Thames
Captured1797
General characteristics
Tons burthen287(bm)
Armament
  • 1794: 12 × 6-pounder guns
  • 1796: 4 × 6-pounder guns

Beaver was launched on the Thames in 1793. She traded between London and Canada but in 1796 she became a whaler in the Southern whale fishery. The Spanish captured her in 1797 off the south American coast, shortly after the outbreak of war between Spain and Britain.