agreed to keep company to Barbados. On 26 January, they encountered a French privateer of 16 guns and nearly 200 men. In order to be able to resist, Scott asked for reinforcements from his two companion vessels. Their captains agreed and seven men came over from Dorset and five from King George, giving Scott 27 men and boys in total, including a passenger from the 60th Regiment who joined in. At 4 p.m. an engagement ensued that was estimated to last an hour. Scarborough succeeded in repelling the privateer, but at the cost of one man killed and her first officer mortally wounded. James Scott speculated that the privateer had suffered 70 casualties. The three British ships reached Barbados the next day. Fate In April 1805, Scarborough began leaking heavily while at sea and foundered off Port Royal, Jamaica. Postscript An Urban Transit Authority First Fleet ferry was named after Scarborough in 1986. See also Artist's impression of Scarborough First Fleet Journals of the First Fleet List of convicts on the First Fleet Notes, citations, and references Notes Citations References External links [CC-By-SA] 1782 ships Ships built in England Ships of the First Fleet Ships of the Second Fleet Sail ships of Australia Maritime incidents in 1805 Ships of the British East India Company Mutinies Age of Sail merchant ships Merchant ships of the United Kingdom Shipwrecks in the Caribbean Sea