Matilda (ship)

Several vessels have borne the name Matilda:

Sailing ship Matilda, 1849

• Matilda (1790 ship) was a ship built in France and launched in 1779. She first appears in British records in 1790 as a whaling ship and transported convicts to Australia in 1791; she wrecked in 1792.
• Matilda (1803 ship) was launched at Calcutta in 1803. She spent most of her career in private trade in India or in trading between England and India. She participated in the British invasion of Java (1811) and made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC). She grounded and was wrecked in March 1822.
• Matilda (1812 ship) was an American privateer out of Philadelphia that the British captured in July 1813, that the Americans recaptured, that the British recaptured, and that the Americans again recaptured

See also:

• HMS Matilda - one of two vessels that served the British Royal Navy