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Caesar Privateer

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Nominal Guns20HCA26
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorPrivate Owners
Extant9.1756HCA26
First Commissioned22.9.1756HCA26
Home PortBristol - England HCA26
ShipyardUnknownHCA26
CategoryPrivateerHCA26
Ship TypeUnknownHCA26
Foundered2.1763HCA26

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentHCA26
Burthen320Tons BM 

Armament


22.9.1756Broadside Weight UnknownHCA26
Gun Deck20 Carriage Guns

Owners


DatesOwnerSource
1756/09/22 - 1756
Francis BrownBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1756-1758
,
Richard Brown British
Ship Owner
Service 1756-1758
,
William Wasbrough British
Ship Owner
Service 1756-1759
,
John PetersBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1756-1757
,
John KingBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1756-1757
,
Richard BlekeBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1756-1757
,
John ReedBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1756-1758
HCA26
1757/08 - 1757
John ThompsonBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1745-1757
ref:1846

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
22.9.1756200 HCA26

2 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
22.9.1756 - c.9.1.1757Captain
Ezekiel NashBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1752-1771
Transfered
HCA26
11.10.1757 - 2.1763Captain
John MartinBritish
Privateer
Service 1757-1778
ref:1846

Service History


DateEventSource
9.1756

sailed on cruise from  Bristol

ref:1846
11.1756

sailing in company with London Privateers Defiance and Boscawen captured French vessel Marquis de Ternay

ref:1846
11.1756Took the Merchant
Marquis de Ternay (Unknown) 1756-1756
French Unknown Gun
Merchant Unknown
ref:1846
12.4.1757

Engaged French ship Robuste from 13 April until 16 April while off the French coast 14 leagues south of  Bordeaux

ref:1846
8.1757

Sold to Francis Bourne, John Thompson, John Bush, James Wade & Co.

ref:1846
11.10.1757Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1846
2.1763

Foundered on passage from Havana for New York,crew saved

ref:1846


Notes on Ship


Letter of MarqueHCA26
HCA 26/6/11 1756 September 22

Commander: Ezekiel Nash.

Ship: Caesar Privateer.

Burden: 320 tons.

Crew: 200.

Owners: Frances and Richard Brown, John King, John Peters, Richard Bleke, William Stevens, John Reed and William Wasbrough of Bristol, merchants.

Lieutenant: John Reynolds.

Gunner: John Smith.

Boatswain: John Higgins.

Carpenter: John Harris.

Surgeon: Thomas Jordan.

Cook: William Bristow.

Armament: 20 carriage guns.

Folio: 12



 
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