page_title: List of ships captured in the 18th century
section_title: 1800
hierarchical_section_title: List of ships captured in the 18th century / 1791–1800 / 1800
caption_attribution_description: English: French frigate Berceau and USS Boston figthing, 12 October 1800.
context_page_description: During times of war where naval engagements were frequent, many battles were fought that often resulted in the capture of the enemy's ships. The ships were often renamed and used in the service of the capturing country's navy. Merchant ships were also captured and taken into service by their captors.
context_section_description: A.B.C. ( United States): The ship was captured in the English Channel by a French privateer. She was subsequently recaptured by the Royal Navy's HMS Spitfire and taken in to Plymouth, Devon, Great Britain.
  Abigail ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French. while on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to London.
  Acteon ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by the Spanish. She was taken in to Oporto, Portugal.
  Active ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French privateer Mars.
  Active ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French privateer Ferrailleur while on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She was later recaptured by the Guernsey privateer Dublin Volunteer.
  Active ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by a privateer while on a voyage from Bermuda to London. She was recaptured by the Royal Navy's HMS Cerberus and sent to Cork, Ireland.
  Active ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by the Dutch while on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to London. She was taken in to a Dutch port.
  Adelphi  ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from the Leeward Islands to Falmouth, Cornwall. She was taken in to Bordeaux, Loire-Atlantique, France.
  Adjutor Dahl ( Portugal): The ship was captured by the Guernsey privateers Alarm and Marquis of Townsend while on a voyage from St. Andero to Lisbon. She was taken in to Guernsey.
  Adrihoa ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French off the coast of Africa.
  Adventure ( Great Britain): The ship was captured off Oporto.
  Albanaise ( French Navy): The 12-gun brig was captured on 4 June by the Royal Navy's HMS Phoenix and HMS Port Mahon.
  Africa ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by a number of Spanish gunboats while on a voyage from Gibraltar to Livorno. She was taken in to Algeciras, Spain.
  Africa ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by two French privateers while on a voyage from Demerara to London. She was taken in to Guadeloupe.
  Ajax  ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by the Spanish and was sent in to St. Andero, Spain.
  HMS Albanaise ( Royal Navy): The 14-gun brig was captured on 22 November by her crew in a mutiny and surrendered the next day to the Spanish Navy.
  Albion  ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer on 16 March in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from London to Plymouth, Devon.
  Alert ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by Spanish gun boats off Gibraltar while on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of Sicily to Bristol, Gloucestershire.
  Alkmonack ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from London to Charleston, South Carolina, United States. She was taken in to Bordeaux, Loire-Atlantique, France.
  Amelia  (flag unknown): The ship was captured and taken in to Jamaica while on a voyage from Vera Cruz to Hamburg.
  Amiable Elenore ( Great Britain): The ship was captured while on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Venice.
  Amicitia ( Portugal): The ship was captured by the Spanish while on a voyage from Lisbon to Livorno. She was taken in to Algeciras, Spain.
  Amity  ( Great Britain): The ship was captured on 12 March by a French privateer while on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to London. She was ordered in to La Rochelle, Ille-et-Vilaine, France, but was recaptured by the Royal Navy's HMS Amethyst and HMS Nymphe.
  Amphitrite ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French off the coast of Africa.
  Andorida ( Portugal): The ship was captured by the French galiot L'Abeille.
  Ann ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from St. Croix, Virgin Islands to Aux Cayes, Hispaniola. She was taken in to St. Domingo.
  Ann ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer. She was taken in to Málaga, Spain.
  Ann ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from St. Croix to Aux Cayes and return. She was taken in to Santo Domingo, Hispaniola.
  Apollo ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by the S
caption: USS Boston capturing Berceau
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