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List of ships named Tuscan
Several
ships
have been named
Tuscan
for
people
and things pertaining to the region of Tuscany:
was built at
Hull
and made one
voyage
for the
British East India Company
. A French
privateer
captured her in
1798
, but she returned to
British
hands c.1805. She was wrecked at
Memel
in
November
1823.
The French
16-gun
brig
was launched in April
1808
. The
British Royal Navy
captured her in May and she became
HMS
Tuscan
.
The Navy
sold her in 1818 and she became a
whaler
, making six
whaling
voyages
before being
condemned
during her seventh in
1840
as no longer
seaworthy
.