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Rover

15478
Nominal Guns24
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1746
Home PortBristol - England
ShipyardUnknown
CategoryPrivateer
Ship TypeFrigate
Sailing RigShip Rigged
Captured3.1745/46
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Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1715
Length of Gundeck90' 9"French Feet (Pied du Roi)29.4756 (96′ 8″ Imperial)
Breadth24' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)7.7952 (25′ 6″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold9' 9"French Feet (Pied du Roi)3.1668 (10′ 4″ Imperial)
Burthen239Ton 
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1846
Burthen300Ton 

Owners


DatesOwnerSource
1745/04/03 - 1746/02/20
Richard PrankerdBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1741-1757
,
John KingBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1744-1748
,
Walter KingBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1745-1746
,
John GaltonBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1744-1746
Owner
ref:1846

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
3.4.1745200 ref:1846

1 Ship Commander


DatesRankNameSource
3.4.1745 - 20.2.1745/46Captain
William BundyBritish
Privateer
Service 1739-1746
ref:1846

Service History


DateEventSource
3.4.1745Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1846
21.2.1745/46

Rover was captured by French Frigate Embuscade

ref:1846
21.2.1745/46Taken by
L'Embuscade (30) 1745-1746
French 30 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
ref:1846
26.2.1745/46Arrived at Brest ref:1846


Notes on Ship


Serviceref:1846

Ship's damage during capture: the loss of the mizen mast, our running rigging cut to pieces, one of our guns split



 
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