William and Ann
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Several sailing ships have been named William and Ann:
William and Ann, a 20-gun hired vessel of the Royal Navy mentioned in 1757.
William and Ann (1759) was a former vessel of the British Royal Navy that first appeared under that name in 1786. She was a 370-ton merchantman, convict transport, and whaler. She was last listed in 1857.
William and Ann, an armed ship mentioned in 1759.
William and Ann, a brig that HMS Amazon recaptured in 1777.
William and Ann (1781 ship) was launched in 1781 at Whitby. From her launch until 1805 she alternated between being a transport and trading with the Baltic. In 1805 she became a whaler in the British northern whale fishery. She wrecked in ice in 1830 in the Greenland Fisheries on her 24th whaling voyage.
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