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Several vessels have been named Lapwing, after the northern lapwing, a species of bird:
- Lapwing (1787 sloop) traded between London and Africa for the St George's Bay Company. Later she became a packet and coaster.
- Lapwing (1794 ship) was launched at Bristol and lengthened in 1797. She was a West Indiaman until in 1801 she became a slave ship. However, on her first slave trading voyage a Spanish privateer captured her. Although the Spanish authorities ordered her restitution to her owners, it is not clear that the order was anything but moot.
- SS Lapwing (1920 ship), of 1,348 GRT, was launched in 1920 at Paisley, Renfrewshire. On 26 September 1941 she was straggling from Convoy HG 73 when U-203 torpedoed and sank her in the Atlantic Ocean north north west of the Azores ( 47°40′N 23°28′W / 47.667°N 23.467°W); 24 of her 34 crew were lost. [1]
See also
- HMS Lapwing – any one of eight vessels of the British Royal Navy
- Lapwing (EIC packet ship) – any one of three packets that served the British East India Company
References
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list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
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Several vessels have been named Lapwing, after the northern lapwing, a species of bird:
- Lapwing (1787 sloop) traded between London and Africa for the St George's Bay Company. Later she became a packet and coaster.
- Lapwing (1794 ship) was launched at Bristol and lengthened in 1797. She was a West Indiaman until in 1801 she became a slave ship. However, on her first slave trading voyage a Spanish privateer captured her. Although the Spanish authorities ordered her restitution to her owners, it is not clear that the order was anything but moot.
- SS Lapwing (1920 ship), of 1,348 GRT, was launched in 1920 at Paisley, Renfrewshire. On 26 September 1941 she was straggling from Convoy HG 73 when U-203 torpedoed and sank her in the Atlantic Ocean north north west of the Azores ( 47°40′N 23°28′W / 47.667°N 23.467°W); 24 of her 34 crew were lost. [1]
See also
- HMS Lapwing – any one of eight vessels of the British Royal Navy
- Lapwing (EIC packet ship) – any one of three packets that served the British East India Company
References
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.