British Privateer 'Ellis' (1777)

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Ellis
Nominal Guns	28	HLP
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1777	HLP
First Commissioned	1775	HLP
Home Port	Liverpool - Lancashire	HLP
Shipyard	Liverpool - Lancashire	HLP
Category	Privateer	HLP
Ship Type	Unknown	HLP
Captured	1.1779	HLP
Becomes	French Sixth Rate frigate 'L'Eriphile' (1779) (28) 1779-1779 French 28 Gun 6th Rate Frigate

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentHLP
Burthen340Tons BM
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:2039
Length of Gundeck102'Spanish Pies28.6958 (94′ 1″ Imperial)
Length of Keel92'Spanish Pies25.9098 (85′ 0″ Imperial)
Breadth27'Spanish Pies7.8008 (25′ 7″ Imperial)
Burthen307Ton

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1775 - 1779/01 Ownerref:2039

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1777130 HLP

Service History

DateEventSource
1776Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:2039
1.1778Took the Endeavour, from North Carolina, with flour, staves, and 43 hogsheads of tobacco, and the Nancy, from Essequibo, with coffee, cotton, and 115 hogsheads of rumHLP
4.1778In company with the Gregson took the Ville du Cap, from St. Domingo to Nantzand the Aigle, "a large new snow, 70 feet keel and 24 feet beam, pierced for 16 guns," from Port-au-Prince for NantzHLP
1.1779Taken by ref:2039
5.1779Captured and taken into MartinicoHLP
3.1780Reportedly retaken by Admiral Hyde ParkerHLP

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

HLPGomer Williams, Digital Book

ref:2039 Periodical

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