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32645
Nominal Guns16TGM
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1733TGM
ShipyardUnknownTGM
CategoryMerchantTGM
Ship TypeUnknown
Captured13.5.1743TGM

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
13.5.174330100 grenades, 60 pistols, 30 rifles, 20 sabres, 12 blunderbusses,GDM01

1 Ship Commander


DatesRankNameSource
1733 - 13.5.1743Captain
John WingfieldBritish
Privateer
Merchant Sailor
Service 1733-1744
TGM

Service History


DateEventSource
19.12.1733

Arrived at Deal from Leghorn

TGM
21.5.1737

Arrived at Lisbon from London

TGM
30.7.1739Sailed from Deal TGM
c.4.8.1739Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1787
4.3.1739/40At Deal TGM
10.6.1741At Gibraltar TGM
7.11.1741

Sailed from Yarmouth IOW to Leghorn

TGM
2.12.1742

Arrived at Falmouth from Barbados

TGM
11.12.1742Sailed from Falmouth TGM
c.10.1.1742/43

Together with the merchant ship Constantine, it captures a Spanish privateer with 10 cannons and 90 men and takes it to Gibraltar.

TGM
c.8.3.1742/43

Arrived at Italy from Falmouth

TGM
13.5.1743Taken by
Nuestra Señora de la Concepción (10) 1742-1744
Spanish 10 Gun
Privateer Barque Longue
African coast
GDM01


Notes on Ship


Privateer - Merchantref:946

  It shared the duality of being a merchantman and a privateer.



 
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