Plover (1788 ship)
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Plover |
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| Launched | 1788, Liverpool |
| Fate | Captured 1806 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 306 (bm) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
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Plover was launched at Liverpool in 1788. Her whereabouts between 1798 and 1802 are currently obscure. She became a Liverpool-based slave ship in 1802. She made three voyages in the triangular trade, carrying enslaved people from West Africa to the West indies. The French Navy captured her in 1806 as she was starting her fourth voyage to acquire captives. The French Navy may have commissioned her as a corvette, but if so her service was brief.