Hannah (ship)
list of ships with the same or similar names
Several ships have been named Hannah:
Hannah (HBC ship), Hudson's Bay Company sailor Christopher Middleton (navigator)'s first command, in 1725
Hannah (1786 ship) was built at Liverpool. She made six complete voyages as a slave ship. French frigates captured her in 1794 as she was sailing to West Africa outward bound on her seventh slave trading voyage.
Hannah (1793 ship) was launched at Whitby. Her owner in 1796 transferred her registry from Whitby to London. She traded with the Baltic, between London and Liverpool, and then the Baltic again. A Spanish privateer captured her in 1805.
Hannah (1795 ship) was launched at Liverpool. She was a slave ship that wrecked in 1802 on her way back to England from Jamaica after her fourth slave trading voyage.
Hannah (1797 ship) was built at Liverpool.
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