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Nuestra Señora del Carmen

32451
Nominal Guns24ref:1900
NationalitySpain
OperatorPrivate Owners
First Mentioned1740ref:1900
ShipyardUnknownref:1900
CategoryPrivateerref:1900
Ship TypeFrigate
Sailing RigShip Rigged
Captured21.11.1741ref:1900
Becomes

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:567
Burthen180Ton 

Armament


1740Broadside Weight = 62 Spanish libre (66.898 lbs 28.458 kg)TGM
Gun Deck20 Spanish 6-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 Spanish 1-Pound Obús

1741Broadside Weight Unknownref:1895
Location Unknown14 Iron Guns
Location Unknown9 Spanish Pedreros

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1740180 ref:1900
1741187 ref:1932

2 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
1740 - 31.12.1740Capitan de Corsario
Pedro Ignacio de GoycoecheaSpanish
Ship Owner
Privateer
Service 1739-1740
Transfered
ref:1900
31.12.1740 - 21.11.1741Capitan de Corsario
Francisco de LarreaSpanish
Ship Owner
Privateer
Service 1740-1741
GDM01

4 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1740 - 31.12.1740Teniente de Corsario
Francisco de LarreaSpanish
Ship Owner
Privateer
Service 1740-1741
ref:1895
c.1741 - Teniente de Corsario
Cristobal de MelloSpanish
Privateer
Service 1741
ref:1895
c.1741 - Teniente de Corsario
Antonio de ZelarainSpanish
Privateer
Service 1741
ref:1895
c.1741 - Teniente de Corsario
Cosme de ParadaSpanish
Privateer
Service 1741
ref:1895

1 Crewman


DatesRatingNameSource
1740 - 21.11.1741Marinero
Manuel de la QuadraSpanish
Privateer
Service 1740-1741
ref:1895

Service History


DateEventSource
5.5.1739

Capture the ship Hanna & Elizabeth, Capt. Robert White, New England to Bristol

Capture the ship Unity, (100Tn) Capt. Henan, Jamaica to Liverpoole

Capture the ship Madeira Merchant, (130Tn) Capt. Richard Parker, Jamaica to Bristol

TGM
22.5.1740

Capture the ship Hanna, (240Tn), Capt. Roger Deering, New England to Bristol

TGM
2.6.1740

Capture the ship Dorothy, Capt. Douglas, from Antego to London

TGM
6.6.1740

Capture the ship Townshend packet, Capt. John Cowper, Lisbon to London.

Armament: 12 guns. Heavy fighting. Report in Gentlemans Magazine 1740 July

TGM
6.6.1740Took the Packet
Townsend (12) 1740-1740
British 12 Gun
Merchant Packet
TGM
7.1740

Combat with privateer sloop Bonnetta with no effects.

TGM
6.12.1740

Capture the brig Thomas (50Tn), Capt. Edward Murray, Liverpool to Oporto

Capture the ship Charles & Molly (80Tn), Capt. Perier, Cork to Philadelphia, 44 passangers, 2 merchants, 11 women

Capture the ship Supply (90Tn), Capt. Tobin, Cork to Gibraltar

GDM01
1741Issued with a Letter of Marque as a 19 gun Privateer Frigateref:567
24.3.1741

Capture the ship Swallow (100Tn), Capt. Geoge Blake, Bristol to Africa

GDM01
25.3.1741

Capture the ship Thomasin (100Tn), Capt. Robert, Boston to England

GDM01
23.9.1741

Hunted by a 50/60-gun warship (HMS Rupert), manages to flee.

GDM01
25.9.1741

Capture the ship Hibernia (60Tn), Capt. Daniel Carmody, Cork to Lisbon

Capture the brig Sara (110Tn), Capt. John Sheport, New England to Bristol

GDM01
2.10.1741

Capture the ship name unknow, capt. unknow, (130Tn), Virginia to Liverpool

Capture the ship America (120Tn), Capt. Benjamin Manning, New England to Rotterdam

GDM01
11.1741Issued with a Letter of Marque as a 14 gun Privateer Frigate + 2 iron canons in holdref:1895
21.11.1741Taken by
Rupert (60) 1740-1767
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
in latitude 48
ref:567

 
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