Scarborough (1782 ship)
Convict transport Scarborough by Frank Allen | |
| History | |
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| Great Britain | |
| Name | Scarborough |
| Namesake | Scarborough, North Yorkshire |
| Owner | John, George, & Thomas Hopper |
| Builder | Fowler & Heward, Scarborough, North Yorkshire |
| Launched | 1782, Scarborough |
| Fate | Foundered April 1805 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 41091⁄94, or 411, or 412, or 428 or 429 (bm) |
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| Beam | 29 feet 10 inches (9.1 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 feet 5+1⁄2 inches (3.8 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Sail plan | Ship rig |
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Scarborough was a double-decked, three-masted, ship-rigged, copper-sheathed, barque that participated in the First Fleet, assigned to transport convicts for the European colonisation of Australia in 1788. Also, the British East India company (EIC) chartered Scarborough to take a cargo of tea back to Britain after her two voyages transporting convicts. She spent much of her career as a West Indiaman, trading between London and the West Indies, but did perform a third voyage in 1801–02 to Bengal for the EIC. In January 1805 she repelled a French privateer of superior force in a single-ship action, before foundering in April.