British Privateer 'Peterborough' (1707)

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Peterborough
Peterborough frigate
Nominal Guns	16	ref:1846
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Private Owners
First Mentioned	22.8.1707	ref:1846
Home Port	Bristol - England	ref:1846
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:1846
Category	Privateer	ref:1846
Ship Type	Unknown
Last known	31.3.1711	ref:1846

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1846
Burthen200Ton

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1707/08/22 - 1711/03/31, , , Ownerref:1846

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
22.8.170736 ref:1846

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
22.8.1707 - Captainref:184622.5.1710 - Captainref:184631.3.1711 - Captainref:1846

Service History

DateEventSource
22.8.1707Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1846
22.5.1710Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1846
31.3.1711Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1846

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:1846J W Damer Powell, Book

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