British Privateer 'Eagle' (1779)

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DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1846
Burthen200Ton

9.1.1779Broadside Weight = 54 Imperial Pound ( 24.489 kg)ref:1846
Gun Deck18 British 6-Pounder

DatesOwnerSource
1779/01/09 - 1780/07/17 Griffith Maskelyn and Co. (1778 - 1778)ref:1846

Date# of MenNotesSource
9.1.1779100 ref:1846

DatesRankNameSource
9.1.1779 - bef.17.8.1779Captainref:184618.8.1779 - bef.16.7.1780Captainref:184617.7.1780 - 1780Captainref:1846

DateEventSource
1.1779

the Eagle fitted out in Tomb's Dock Bristol

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9.1.1779Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1846
3.1779

the Eagle retook the Snapper (privateer of London) prize to French Marquis de Lafayette, sent her into Baltimore

returned from cruise to Bristol

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18.8.1779Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1846
2.1780

returned to Bristol

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17.7.1780Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1846

IDNameAuthorType

ref:1846J W Damer Powell, Book

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