A number of sailing ships have been named Friendship:
Friendship - a ketch launched in 1705 for the Bengal Pilot service.
Friendship (1784), a 278-ton (bm) brig built in Scarborough in 1784, that transported convicts to Botany Bay in 1788, as part of the First Fleet. She was scuttled in 1788.
Friendship a Schooner Ipswich, Massachusetts registered at Salem in 1789 to Asa Smith
Friendship (1793), was a three-decker merchantman launched in 1793. She made three voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). During her first voyage, in 1796, a French privateer captured her, but the Royal Navy recaptured her. On the second, in 1799, she transported convicts from Ireland to Australia. She made a second voyage transporting convicts in 1817-18. On her way back she was broken up in 1819 at Mauritius after having been found unseaworthy.
Friendship, a Brigantine Salem, Massachusetts 164 tons, registered at Salem 1794 to Hodges & Nichols
Friendship, a Schooner Beverly, Massachuestts 111 tons, registered at Salem in 1795 to Woodbury & Haskell
Friendship, an East Indiaman built at Salem, Massachusetts, and launched in 1797; HMS Rosamond captured her in 1812 as she return from Russia.
Friendship (1824), a schooner of 120 tons (bm), built at Barnstaple for White & Co. (Van Dieman's Land Co.).
Friendship, Brigntine, Beverly 157 tons registerd at Salem in 1799 to Lovett, Leach & Kilham
Friendship, Schooner, Scarborough, Maine 61 tons registered at Salem 1801 to Hathorn & Pope
FriendShip, Sloop, Thomaston, Maine 82 tons registered at Salem 1808 to Porter & Marshall
Friendship, Schooner place of construction unknown, 47 tons registered at Salem in 1815 to Edward Richardson
Friendship, ship Portland, Maine 366 tons registered at Salem in 1816 to Waite and Pierce. This was the same Friendship that was captured Malay pirates in 1813 at Quallah Battoo.
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