Adventure was a vessel built in France that the British captured c.1799. New owners immediately sailed her as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She then made a voyage as West Indiaman during which a French privateer captured her, but the British Royal Navy quickly recaptured her. She made a second slave trading voyage. Thereafter she became a general trader, trading primarily with the Baltic. She was wrecked in October 1814. Although she was refloated and taken into Copenhagen, she disappeared from subsequent ship arrival and departure data.
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Adventure first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1800 with G.Bernard, master, Gibb, owner, and trade London–Africa. She had undergone repairs in 1799. Captain George Bernard acquired a letter of marque on 3 December 1799.
1st enslaving voyage (1800–1801): Captain Bernard sailed from Liverpool on 16 January 1800, bound for Bonny. Adventure delivered 337 captives to Kingston, Jamaica on 31 August. She returned to Liverpool on 28 January 1801.
West Indiaman: On her return from this voyage, new owners sailed her as a West Indiaman.
The French privateer Mouche captured Adventure, Finlay, master, as she was near the Western Islands while sailing from London to Martinique. Mouche also captured Aurora, Redman, master, which was sailing from London to Barbados. HMS Bordelais recaptured them both. Bordelaise encountered Adventure, which only struck on 8 January 1801 after a long chase. From her the British found out that Mouche had captured Aurora too, and had sent her to Teneriffe. Bordelais sailed there and intercepted Aurora on 10 January as she arrived.
