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350:: Was of 98 tons (bm). Captain Murdock Murchy sailed from Liverpool on 19 September 1795. She sailed from Africa on 15 May 1796. The French captured her in 1796, after she had embarked her captives. She arrived at Martinique in July with 199 captives.
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