Betsey (1800 ship)

Betsey was launched at Bristol in 1800, and sailed as a West Indiaman. American vessels captured her twice in 1813 but each time she was recaptured. After the war she continued to sail as a West Indiaman. She was last listed in 1825.

Career
Betsey first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR), in the volume for 1800.

Betsey's first captor, on 11 August 1813, was USS Argus (1803). Argus captured Betsey, Merryweather, master, was on her way back from St Vincents to Bristol when Argus captured Betsey some nine leagues west of Scilly. Argus sent Betsey to France, but she was retaken and came into Plymouth.

Betsey's second captor, in October 1813, was the privateer True Blooded Yankee. HMS Whiting (1812), HMS Eurotas (1813), and HMS Helicon (1808) recaptured Betsey, Merryweather, master, on 30 October, as well as several other prizes to True Blooded Yankee, and sent her into Plymouth. Betsey had been on her way from Bristol to Grenada when she had been captured some 100 miles from Lundy Island.

Fate
Betsey was last listed in 1825.