Peter Everitt Mestaer (d.1819)

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Peter Everitt Mestaer

NationalityBritish
RolesShip Owner, Ship Builder
First Known Service1800CSORN
Last Known Service1801CSORN
Date of Death1819CSORN
Will Probated20.2.1819, PROB 11/1613/392

Ships Owned

FromToVesselSource
18001801

Related Ship Yards

FromToPositionYardSource
17701818OwnerKing and Queen Dock - Rotherhithe ref:653

Event History

Date from	Event	Source
6.11.1778	Launched Incendiary (8) 1778-1780 British 8 Gun Unrated Fireship , Fireship at King and Queen Dock - Rotherhithe	BWAS-1714
9.12.1779	Launched Mercury (28) 1779-1814 British 28 Gun 6th Rate Frigate , Frigate at King and Queen Dock - Rotherhithe	BWAS-1714
4.1794	Launched Pylades (16) 1794-1815 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop , Sloop at King and Queen Dock - Rotherhithe	BWAS-1793
24.2.1796	Launched Princess Charlotte (24) 1796-1804 British 24 Gun Merchant East Indiaman , East Indiaman at King and Queen Dock - Rotherhithe	E-WIKI
11.7.1801	Launched Northampton (Unknown) 1801-1819 British Unknown Gun Merchant East Indiaman , East Indiaman at Rotherhithe - London - Surrey	E-WIKI
9.12.1809	Launched Astell (26) 1809-1831 British 26 Gun Merchant East Indiaman , East Indiaman at King and Queen Dock - Rotherhithe	EICS

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

CSORNDavid Bonner-Smith, Robert L. DiNardo, David Syrett, Web Site

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

EICSAndrea Cordani, Cy Harrison, Web Site

ref:653Andie Byrnes, Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Diane Oldman on Thursday 14th of August 2025 14:55

Sorry... when I first started looking for this man I used an incorrect spelling for his name and didn't find him. Now I have. Question the naval ship builds. He was allegedly 55 years old when he died. Doubt he was building RN ships aged 14 & 15. Could have been his father.

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