Sylph (ship)
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Several ships have been named Sylph, for the Sylph, a mythological creature in western tradition.
- Sylph (1791 ship) was launched at Whitby. She made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC) to New South Wales and China. However, a French privateer captured her in 1798 as she was returning to England.
- Sylph (1815 ship) was a brig of 150 tons (bm) launched at Chittagong. She was later renamed Laura, and was sold at Mauritius.[1]
- Sylph, of 233 tons (bm) and six guns was launched in 1812 and commissioned in Baltimore in 1814 as a privateer
- Sylph (1831 ship) was a clipper ship built in Calcutta. Her primary role was to transport opium between various ports in the Far East. She disappeared en route to Singapore in 1849.
- Sylph (pilot boat) 19th-century pilot boat first built in 1834, by Whitmore & Holbrook.
