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Britannia

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Nominal GunsUnknownref:1257
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired20.5.1762ref:1257
First Commissioned1762ref:1257
ShipyardUnknownref:1257
CategoryPrivateerref:1257
Ship TypeSnowref:1257
Last known1762ref:1257

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1290
Displacement130Ton 

Owners


DatesOwnerSource
1762/05/20 - 1762
James RedwoodBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1762
,
Solomon TownsendBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1744-1762
,
William RedwoodBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1762
ref:1291

1 Ship Commander


DatesRankNameSource
20.5.1762 - 1762Captain
Francis CoddingtonBritish
Privateer
Service 1762
ref:1257


Notes on Ship


Letter of Marqueref:1291

1762, May 20. Britannia. Snow. Tons 130.

Commander, Francis Coddington.

Bond. £1500 and addition bond £10,000 not to carry soldiers.

Bonders, Francis Coddington, mariner, principal; Jonas Langford Redwood, Solomon Townsend,

William Redwood, merchants, equippers and owners, sureties; all of Newport.

Witnesses, Henry Ward, Henry Sherburne.

N. P. VII, 301. Marine Bonds.



 
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