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Sterling

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Nominal Guns12ref:1846
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorPrivate Owners
Extant4.1757HCA26
First Commissioned7.4.1757HCA26
Home PortBristol - England HCA26
ShipyardUnknownHCA26
CategoryPrivateerref:1846
Ship TypeUnknownHCA26
Captured17.6.1762ref:1846

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1846
Burthen100Ton 

Owners


DatesOwnerSource
1757/04/13 - 1762/06/17
Thomas RockBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1756-1762
ref:1846

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
4.175760 ref:1846

1 Ship Commander


DatesRankNameSource
4.1757 - bef.17.6.1762Captain
Robert WallaceBritish
Privateer
Service 1757-1762
ref:1846

Service History


DateEventSource
13.4.1757Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1846
5.1757

On her first cruise the Sterling captured French merchant Vainqueur sailing Bordeaux for Quebec, and in company with London privateers Defiance and Deptford recaptured the Britannia Jamaica for London sent into Falmouth

ref:1846
17.6.1762

the Sterling, Captain Lewis, sailing Bristol for St. Kitts, was captured off Deseada by a French privateer and carried into St. Thomas

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