Neptune (ship)
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Neptune may refer to a number of ships named for Neptune, the god of freshwater and the sea in Roman mythology.
Warships
- {{HMS|Neptune}}, any of several Royal Navy warships
- {{ship|French ship|Neptune}}, any of several French Navy warships
- {{ship|Spanish ship|Neptuno}}, any of several Spanish Navy warships
- {{USS|Neptune}}, any of several United States Navy warships
Merchant ships
- {{ship||Neptune|~1740 ship}}, unknown tonnage, that made numerous passenger and supply passages from Europe to the colonial Americas under Captain Waire (also spelled Captain Ware in some records).
- {{ship||Neptune|1780 ship}}, an 809-ton (bm) merchantman built in 1779, that was part of the Second Fleet
- {{ship||Neptune|1785 ship}}, a 218-ton (bm) merchantman built in 1778 in America that made one voyage as a whaler and that was last listed in 1803.
- {{ship||Neptune|1796 EIC ship}}, a 1468-ton (bm) East Indiaman that made eight voyages for the British East India Company (EIC)
- {{ship||Neptune|1797 ship}} was the first ship built in Quebec after the British occupation. She sailed to England where she became a West Indiaman. A French privateer captured her in 1809.
- {{ship||Neptune|1805 ship}} was launched as a West Indiaman. A French privateer captured her in 1809 but passengers and some disaffected members of the prize crew recaptured her. She returned to the West Indies trade and foundered on 4 February 1825, while returning to Liverpool from New Orleans.
- {{ship||Neptune|1808 Quebec ship}}, of 554/5 tons (bm) and 126', was built by John Munn.
- {{ship||Neptune|1810 ship}}, a 477-ton (bm) merchantman built in 1810. She made two voyages transporting convicts to Australia before she was broken up at Cape Town after being condemned as unseaworthy.
- {{ship||Neptune|1815 ship}} made one voyage for the EIC, and later two voyages transporting convicts to Van Diemen's Land.
- {{ship||Neptune|1836 ship}} made one voyage transporting convicts to New South Wales. Last listed 1845.
- {{PS|Neptune|1850}}, was a Dumbarton-built passenger ship on St Petersburg-Cronstadt ferry service{{cite web |title=Neptune |url=https://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=14587 |website=Scottish Built Ships |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Research Trust |access-date=18 January 2023}}
- {{PS|Neptune|1861}}, a Clyde passenger steamer that became a Civil War blockade runner and was later USS Clyde
See also
References
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