Brunswick (1791 ship)

History
Great Britain
NameBrunswick
BuilderThames
Launched1791
FateCondemned 1849
General characteristics
Tons burthen
  • Old Act:508, or 525 (bm)
  • New Act (post 1836): 571 (bm)
Complement
  • 1793:70
  • 1812:20
Armament
  • 1793:20 × 12&9-pounder guns
  • 1795:14 × 9-pounder + 6 × 12-pounder guns
  • 1812:2 × 9-pounder guns + 8 × 18-pounder carronades

Brunswick was launched on the River Thames in 1791 as a West Indiaman. She captured one prize. After the end of the Napoleonic Wars, she made two voyages carrying almost 600 migrants from Ireland to Canada, She spent most of her career trading between Britain and Quebec, though she also traded with other destinations. She was condemned at Valparaiso in 1849.