Mentor (1784 ship)

Mentor was the former HMS Wasp. The British Royal Navy sold Wasp in 1781 and she became the mercantile Polly, which traded with Africa. In 1784 Polly became the slave ship Mentor. Mentor made eight full slave-trading voyages in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She carried captives from The Gambia to the West Indies. French privateers captured her in late 1795 as she was on her way from West Africa to the West Indies on her ninth voyage.

For other ships with the same name, see Mentor (ship) and HMS Wasp.

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Wasp
BuilderPortsmouth Dockyard [M/Shipwright Peirson Lock]
Launched1749
CapturedSold 1781
Great Britain
NamePolly
Acquired1781
RenamedMentor (1784)
Capturedc. December 1795
General characteristics
Tons burthen136, or 1403⁄94, or 14037⁄94or 150 (bm)
Length
  • Overall: 73 ft 3 in (22.3 m)
  • Keel: 61 ft 9 in (18.8 m)
Beam20 ft 8 in (6.3 m)
Depth of hold9 ft 2 in (2.8 m)
Complement50 (Royal Navy)
Armament
  • 1749: 8 × 3-pounder guns + 10 × ½-pounder swivel gunss
  • 1782: 8 × 9-pounder + 2 × 6-pounder guns
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