Indispensable (1791 ship)

History
France
Name	Indispensable
Builder	Bordeaux
Launched	1791
Captured	Early 1793
Great Britain
Name	Indispensable
Owner	Daniel Bennett (1793-1827)
Acquired	11 May 1793
Fate	26 April 1830, Register cancelled as demolition was complete[1]
General characteristics
Tons burthen	350,[2] or 351,[3] or 35140⁄94,[1] or 362[4][5] (bm)
Length	106 ft 3 in (32.4 m)[5]
Beam	28 ft 9 in (8.8 m)[5]
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	1793: 20[3] 1800: 32[3] 1804: 35[3] 1806: 25[3]
Armament	1793: 8 × 6-pounder guns + 1 × 4-pounder coehorn, + 4 swivel guns[3] 1799: 12 × 6-pounder + 2 × 4-pounder guns, + 2 × 18-pounder carronades[6] 1800: 16 × 6-, 9-, & 18-pounder guns[3] 1804: 16 × 6-pounder guns[3] 1806: 12 × 6-pounder guns[3]

Indispensable was a sailing ship built in France and launched in 1791. She was captured in 1793 at the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars and thus came into British hands, keeping her name (occasionally reported as Indispensable). She performed two voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) between 1793 and 1797. During this period and later she made two voyages transporting convicts to New South Wales. Amongst her notable events were the discovery of Indispensable Strait (1794), the capture of a Spanish vessel (1798), and the rescue of some castaways (1814). She later went on serve as a whaler in the South Seas until autumn 1827. She ceased trading after this last voyage and was broken up by April 1830.