Doncaster (ship)

Several vessels have been named Doncaster, for Doncaster'

• Doncaster (1792 ship) was launched in 1792 at South Shields. She spent many years as a transport. It was during this period that she became, during an experimental trial, the first British ship to be propelled by a propeller. Later, she traded across the North Atlantic with Quebec and north. She was wrecked in ice in 1835 off Cape North, Cape Breton Island.
• Doncaster (1825 ship) was launched on the River Thames in 1825. Early in her career she carried emigrants to Australia. She made othr voyages to [{Van Diemen's Land]] and New South Wales, but also traded as a West Indiaman. She was wrecked on 17 July 1836 on the coast of south Africa while sailing from Île de France (Mauritius) to London under a license from the British East India Company (EIC).