British sloop 'Virgin' (1760)

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Virgin
Nominal Guns	12	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Privateer sloop 'Le Virgin' (1760) (12) 1760-1760 French 12 Gun Privateer Sloop
Captured	10.8.1760	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	17.10.1760	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1714
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Sold	1764	BWAS-1714

DatesRankNameSource
17.10.1760 - 24.9.1761Commander ADM 6/19/411
Issued by , Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 21.5.1762ADM 6/1926.9.1761 - 22.10.1762Commander ADM 6/19/387BWAS-171422.10.1762 - 11.5.1764Commander ADM 6/20/38
Issued by , Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 9.7.1764BWAS-1714

DateEventSource
7.1.1762Operations against Martinique
1764Sold at AntiguaBWAS-1714
11.5.1764Paid offADM 51

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