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El Diligente (20) 1740-1755
Spanish 20 Gun
Privateer Packet
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Tomas VarelaSpanish
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1749-1750
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Sir William Legge George Hoste (2^nd Baronet Hoste, of the Navy)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1830-1866
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Henry Negus BurroughesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1845
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Thomas Edward HosteBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1810-1828
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Sir William Hoste (1^st Baronet Hoste, of the Navy)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1798-1824
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Veteran (64) 1787-1816
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
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Thomas ClarkBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1794
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Charles InglisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1792
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Charles InglisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1814
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David Porter

NationalityAmerican
RolesNaval Sailor

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
2.10.1780	12.8.1781	Aurora (16) 1780-1781 American 16 Gun Privateer Sloop , Unknown, and Commanding Officer	W027
3.12.1782	1783	Assurance (14) 1782-1783 American 14 Gun Privateer Sloop , Unknown, and Commanding Officer	W027

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