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Berkeley

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Barkley Galley Barkley Berkeley Galley
Nominal Guns14ref:1846
NationalityKingdom of England
OperatorPrivate Owners
First Mentioned4.8.1705ref:1846
First Commissioned21.8.1707ref:1846
Home PortBristol - England ref:1846
ShipyardUnknownref:1846
CategoryPrivateerref:1846
Ship TypeUnknown
Last known14.8.1739ref:1846

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1846
Burthen170Ton 

Owners


DatesOwnerSource
1707/08/21 - 1709/06/23
Robert TunbridgeBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1707-1712
Sole Owner
ref:1846
1709/06/23 - 1709
Robert BerkeleyBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1709
,
John WebleyBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1709-1711
,
Francis CoulstonBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1709
,
Isaac CrumpeBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1709-1711
Owner
ref:1846
1739/08/14 - 1739
Thomas GibbsBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1739
,
James LarocheBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1739-1761
,
Richard KarrBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1739
,
Abel GrantBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1704-1739
,
Edmund SaundersBritish
Ship Owner
Privateer
Service 1705-1739
,
Humphrey FitzherbertBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1739-1748
Owner
ref:1846

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
4.8.170525 ref:1846
14.8.173940 ref:1846

4 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
4.8.1705 - Captain
Edmund SaundersBritish
Ship Owner
Privateer
Service 1705-1739
ref:1846
21.8.1707 - Captain
John HitchinsBritish
Ship Owner
Privateer
Service 1702-1712
ref:1846
23.6.1709 - 9.1716Captain
Edmund SaundersBritish
Ship Owner
Privateer
Service 1705-1739
ref:1846
14.8.1739 - Captain
Peregrine StockdaleBritish
Ship Owner
Privateer
Service 1739-1759
ref:1846

Service History


DateEventSource
8.4.1705Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1846
21.8.1707Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1846
23.6.1709Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1846
9.1716

in September, 1716, Captain John Martell, a pirate, in a sloop of 8 guns and 8o men, “when cruising in the West Indies, took the Berkeley galley, Captain Saunders, and plundered him of £1,000 in money.” West Indies

ref:1846
14.8.1739Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1846


Notes on Ship


tonsref:1846

tonnage listed 130 tons in 1705, 170 tons in 1707, 120 tons in 1739



 
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