British hired cutter 'Alert' (1778)
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Alert
15143
Nominal Guns
10
Nationality
Great Britain
Operator
Royal Navy
Acquired
1778
Shipyard
Dover -
New Hampshire
Category
Hired Vessel
Ship Type
Cutter
Captured
10.1780
Dimensions
Dimension
Measurement
Type
Metric Equivalent
BWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck
78'
Imperial Feet
23.7998
Breadth
25'
Imperial Feet
7.6454
Burthen
220
Tons BM
1 Ship Commander
Dates
Rank
Name
Source
8.5.1778
-
13.5.1778
Commander
Farmery Epworth
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1754-1795
ADM 6/21/402
ADM 6/21
Service History
Date
Event
Source
27.7.1778
1st Battle of Ushant
10.1780
Taken by two French frigates in the Bay of Biscay
BWAS-1714
Sources
ID
Name
Author
Type
ADM 6/21
ADM 6/21 Commission and Warrant Book 1774 Jan.-1779 June
Archive
BWAS-1714
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792
Rif Winfield
,
Book
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