British Merchant sloop 'Manchester' (1805)

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Manchester
Nominal Guns	Unknown	BWAS-1817
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Private Owners
Launched	1805	BWAS-1817
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1817
Shipyard	Falmouth - Cornwall	BWAS-1817
Category	Merchant	BWAS-1817
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1817
Sailing Rig	Brig	BWAS-1817
Sold	1823	BWAS-1817
Becomes	British sloop 'Dove' (1823) (6) 1823-1829 British 6 Gun Unrated Sloop

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1817
Burthen187Tons BM

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1817Rif Winfield, Book

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Posted by AvM on Sunday 28th of January 2018 23:51

Royal Cornwall Gazette - Saturday 16 February 1805

Listed as launched on 14 Feb 1805
errously gived her mname as 'Weymouth'
but the name of captain David left no speculation

Posted by AvM on Sunday 28th of January 2018 23:44

She was launched mid Feb 1805 by Symons & Banfield, Falmouth for Captain Richard Longfield Davies.

24.06.1813 under captain Robert Elphistone, sailed to Halifax on 15.06.1813, was captured by US privateer York Town, Riker, Recaptured.

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