Golden Age (1783 ship)
Golden Age was launched at Havana in 1779, almost certainly under another name. She was taken in prize circa 1783. From late 1783 she sailed from Liverpool as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She made four complete voyages. On her third her captives rebelled, but were unsuccessful. A French private frigate captured her in 1793 after she had disembarked her captives from her fifth enslaving voyage. Her captors took her into Philadelphia where she was sold to a French owner who named her Republican, and sailed her to France.
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Golden Age |
| Launched | 1779, Havana |
| Acquired | 1783 by purchase of a prize |
| Captured | 1 September 1793 |
| France | |
| Name | Republican |
| Acquired | 1794 by purchase of a prize |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 360, or 377, or 399, or 400 (bm) |
| Length | 108 ft 0 in (32.9 m) |
| Beam | 28 ft 6 in (8.7 m) |
| Complement | 50 |
| Armament |
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| Notes | Three decks and three masts |
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