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Aura Cabessa

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Oracabessa
Nominal Guns16HCA26
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorPrivate Owners
Extant1758HCA26
First Commissioned8.3.1758HCA26
Home PortLondon - Thames HCA26
ShipyardUnknownHCA26
CategoryPrivateerHCA26
Ship TypeUnknownHCA26
Last known1758HCA26

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentHCA26
Burthen390Tons BM 

Armament


8.3.1758Broadside Weight UnknownHCA26
Gun Deck16 Carriage Guns

Owners


DatesOwnerSource
1758/03/08 - 1758
Charles RitchieBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1756-1758
HCA26

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
8.3.175850 HCA26

1 Ship Commander


DatesRankNameSource
8.3.1758 - 1758Captain
Benjamin HollandBritish
Ship Owner
Privateer
Service 1757-1758
HCA26


Notes on Ship


Letter of MarqueHCA26
HCA 26/9/53 1758 March 8

Commander: Benjamin Holland.

Ship: Auracabeesa.

Burden: 390 tons.

Crew: 50.

Owners: Charles Ritchie, William Fuller and Company of London, merchants.

Lieutenant: James Miller.

Gunner: John Tomson.

Boatswain: Jacob Bohl.

Carpenter: John Jones.

Surgeon: John Colman.

Cook: John Wester.

Armament: 16 carriage guns.

Folio: 54.

Note that the Tartar and Jamaica Planter received similar commissions.



 
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