Courier (ship)

Several ships have been named Courier:

## Civilian vessels

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* Courier (1781 ship), a brig of 160 or 167 tons (bm), was launched in Boston in 1781. She first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1786 as a West Indiaman, sailing out of Greenock. From 1793, she was a Guineaman. She made two voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. French vessels captured her on both voyages. The first capture followed a notable single ship action, with her captor ransoming Courier. The second capture, in 1794, resulted in Courier remaining in French hands.
* Courier, a hired armed cutter in service for the benefit of the Royal Navy between 1798 and 1805.
* Courier (1812 ship) was a letter of marque schooner built at Baltimore in 1812. The British captured her in 1813 and she became a British merchantman based in Jersey. She was wrecked in February 1819.
* Courier (1824 ship), a brig of 340 tons (bm), was built by Barry Le Patourel, of Guernsey.[1] She was wrecked on 4 July 1833, on Babel Island, Van Diemen's Land. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New South Wales to Van Diemen's Land.[2][3][4][5][a]

## HMS Courier

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* HMS Courier (1776), ex-Le Coureur, a cutter captured by the Royal Navy from the French
* HMS Monkey (1827), ex-Courier, a converted British schooner
* HMS Courier (1830), later renamed Hermes and Charger, a sloop of the Royal Navy between 1830 and 1854
* HMS Courier (1943), formally HMCS Arnprior, a minesweeper of the Royal Navy that served during the Second World War.

## USS Courier

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Main article: USS Courier

## Other ships

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* USNS Courier (T-AK-5019), a cargo ship launched in 1962 and scrapped in 2008
* USCGC Courier, a US Coast Guard vessel between 1952 and 1972

## Notes

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1. ^ A key source on vessels registered in Guernsey has no record of Barry La Patourel, of Guernsey, having built a vessel named Courier. Nor was there any other vessel built in 1824 of 340 tons (bm).[6]

## Citations

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1. ^ Hackman (2001), p. 266.
2. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 15344\. London. 10 December 1833. col B, p. 4.
3. ^ "LAUNCESTON, July 18, 1833". Launceston Advertiser. 18 July 1833.
4. ^ "WRECK OF THE COURIER". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 27 July 1833.
5. ^ "Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea". The Sydney Herald. 6 March 1834.
6. ^ Sarre (2007).

## References

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* Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
* Sarre, John W. (2007). Howell, Alan (ed.). Guernsey sailing ships, 1786–1936. Vol. 8\. Guernsey Museum monograph series.

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