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Nominal Guns12ref:1290
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired8.11.1744ref:1290
Home PortRhode Island - Rhode Island - Narragansett Bay ref:1290
ShipyardUnknownref:1290
CategoryPrivateerref:1290
Ship TypeSloopref:1290
Wreckedc.23.3.1745ref:1290

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1290
Burthen105Ton 

Owners


DatesOwnerSource
1745 - 1745/03/23
Jonathan NicholsBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1745-1756
,
William ReadBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1743-1756
ref:1291

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
8.11.1744100 ref:1290

1 Ship Commander


DatesRankNameSource
11.11.1744 - c.23.3.1745Captain
Peter MarshallBritish
Privateer
Service 1742-1747
ref:1290

2 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1744First Lieutenant
William SweetBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1745
ref:1293
1744Second Lieutenant
Henry StevensonBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1748
ref:1293

5 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1744Boatswain
John WarrenBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1758
ref:1293
1744Gunner
George ShermanBritish
Privateer
Service 1744
ref:1293
1744Carpenter
Joseph MillerBritish
Privateer
Service 1744
ref:1293
1744Quartermaster
William GarretBritish
Privateer
Service 1744
ref:1293
1744Master
William CookBritish
Privateer
Service 1744
ref:1293

1 Petty Officer


DatesRatingNameSource
1744Mate
John WebbBritish
Privateer
Service 1741-1781
ref:1293

Service History


DateEventSource
20.3.1745Took the Frigate
Willem Galey (24) 1744-1752
Dutch 24 Gun
Merchant Frigate
Near Matanzas (Cuba)
ref:2094


Notes on Ship


Letter of Marqueref:1290

1744, Nov. 8. Success. Sloop. Tons 105. Men 100. Guns: 12 carriage.

Commander, Peter Marshall.

Bond. £1500.

Bonders, Peter Marshall, mariner, principal; Jona than Nichols, William Read and William Corey, merchants and equippers, sureties; all of Newport.

Witnesses, Joseph Fox, James Martin.

N. P. V, 328.



 
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