Preston was launched at Liverpool in 1769 under another name. As Tom she made one voyage in 1779 as a
slave ship in the
triangular trade in enslaved people.[1] She became Preston in 1780,[2] and then under the command of Captain William Brighouse she made five voyages as a slave ship.[3] In 1789 Preston became Apollo.[4]
Preston (1798 EIC ship) was an
East Indiaman. She made six voyages for the British
East India Company (EIC) between 1805 and 1819. In 1810 and 1811 she participated as a transport in two British military campaigns. She was sold for breaking up in 1812 but instead became a transport and a
West Indiaman. She disappeared after a gale in August 1815.
Preston (1809 ship) was a Dano-Norwegian vessel that the British captured c.1809. As a British merchantman she initially traded with the Iberian peninsula. An American vessel captured and released her in 1812 and she foundered later that year.
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list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
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Preston was launched at Liverpool in 1769 under another name. As Tom she made one voyage in 1779 as a
slave ship in the
triangular trade in enslaved people.[1] She became Preston in 1780,[2] and then under the command of Captain William Brighouse she made five voyages as a slave ship.[3] In 1789 Preston became Apollo.[4]
Preston (1798 EIC ship) was an
East Indiaman. She made six voyages for the British
East India Company (EIC) between 1805 and 1819. In 1810 and 1811 she participated as a transport in two British military campaigns. She was sold for breaking up in 1812 but instead became a transport and a
West Indiaman. She disappeared after a gale in August 1815.
Preston (1809 ship) was a Dano-Norwegian vessel that the British captured c.1809. As a British merchantman she initially traded with the Iberian peninsula. An American vessel captured and released her in 1812 and she foundered later that year.
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.