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Sterling | 27217 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 12 | ref:1846 | |
| Nationality | Great Britain | ||
| Operator | Private Owners | ||
| Extant | 4.1757 | HCA26 | |
| First Commissioned | 7.4.1757 | HCA26 | |
| Home Port | Bristol - England | HCA26 | |
| Shipyard | Unknown | HCA26 | |
| Category | Privateer | ref:1846 | |
| Ship Type | Unknown | HCA26 | |
| Captured | 17.6.1762 | ref:1846 | |
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:1846the Sterling, Captain Lewis, sailing Bristol for St. Kitts, was captured off Deseada by a French privateer and carried into St. Thomas
ref:1846