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Castor

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Nominal GunsUnknownref:1290
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired23.7.1742ref:1290
ShipyardUnknownref:1290
CategoryPrivateerref:1290
Ship TypeSloopref:1290
Last known1742ref:1290

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1290
Displacement110Ton 

Owners


DatesOwnerSource
1742
John BrownBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1740-1745
,
Philip WilkinsonBritish
Ship Owner
Privateer
Service 1740-1756
ref:1291

1 Ship Commander


DatesRankNameSource
23.7.1742 - 1742Captain
Hugh WentworthBritish
Privateer
Service 1742
ref:1290


Notes on Ship


Letter of Marqueref:1290

1742, July 23. Castor. Sloop. Tons 110

Commander, Hugh Wentworth.

Bond. £1500.

Bonders, Hugh Wentworth, mariner, formerly New York, now Newport, principal, and equipper;

John Brown and Philip Wilkinson, merchants, both of Newport, sureties.

Equippers, Richard Rowland, William Wells, both merchants of St. Christopher.

Witnesses, Peleg Brown, James Martin.

N. P. V, 65.



 
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