Surprize (1780 ship)
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Surprize was a three-deck merchant vessel launched in 1780 that made five voyages as a packet ship under charter to the British East India Company (EIC). She also participated in the notorious Second Fleet, transporting convicts to Port Jackson. A French frigate captured her in the Bay of Bengal in 1799.
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Justinian and Surprize standing into Sydney Bay, Norfolk Island, 23 August 1790; William Bradley | |
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Name | Surprize |
Owner | Calvert & Co. |
Builder | Shoreham |
Launched | 1780 |
Captured | 1799 in the Bay of Bengal |
General characteristics [1] | |
Tons burthen | 394,[2] or 402[3][4] (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 29 ft 5 in (9.0 m) |
Depth of hold | 13 ft 3 in (4.0 m) |
Complement | 24[3] |
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