British Privateer 'Boscawen' (1756)

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Boscawen
Nominal Guns	16	HCA26
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Private Owners
Extant	1756	HCA26
First Commissioned	2.10.1756	HCA26
Home Port	Guernsey - The Channel Islands	HCA26
Shipyard	Unknown	HCA26
Category	Privateer	HCA26
Ship Type	Unknown	HCA26
Captured	5.1757	ref:911

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentHCA26
Burthen250Tons BM

Armament

2.10.1756Broadside Weight UnknownHCA26
Gun Deck16 Carriage Guns

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1756/10/02 - 1757/05, , , HCA26

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
2.10.1756130 HCA26

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
2.10.1756 - 5.1757CaptainHCA26

Notes on Ship

Letter of MarqueHCA26

HCA 26/6/33 1756 October 2

Commander: Henry Manger.

Ship: Boscawen.

Burden: 250 tons.

Crew: 130.

Owners: Nicholas Dobree the younger, Thomas Dobree, Lawrence Carey and John le Mesurier of Guernsey.

Lieutenant: John Budd.

Gunner: Thomas Smith.

Boatswain: James Willis.

Carpenter: William Jones.

Surgeon: John Halliday.

Cook: Stephen James.

Armament: 16 carriage guns.

Folio: 34

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

HCA26Authority, Web Site

ref:911Peter Raban, Periodical

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Jeffrey McQuinley on Tuesday 18th of November 2025 22:33

Does the comment of 22 Dec 2018 more appropriate to the Boscawen east Indiaman ship# 27008?

Posted by Nigel Mapletoft on Saturday 22nd of December 2018 10:11

For info, one of Boscawen's first voyages was 'to China'. In his will, written on 30/12/1756, a distant relative of mine, John Mapletoft, wrote "I, John Mapletoft of London, Merchant, bound on a voyage to China in the ship Boscawen as a supracargo in the service of the united company of Merchants trading to the East Indies do make this my last Will and Testament ....."

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Tuesday 16th of June 2026 16:00	Jon Miller	Lord Richard Howe (1^st Earl Howe)British Naval Sailor Marine Service 1736-1799
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