British Privateer brig 'Lively' (1780)

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DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1846
Burthen120Ton

29.12.1780Broadside Weight = 32 Imperial Pound ( 14.512 kg)ref:1846
Gun Deck16 British 4-Pounder

DatesOwnerSource
1780/03 - 1781/10/19ref:1846

Date# of MenNotesSource
29.12.178060 ref:1846

DatesRankNameSource
29.12.1780 - bef.18.10.1781Captainref:184619.10.1781 - 1781Captainref:1846

DateEventSource
aft.3.1780

(American merchant?) brig Lively captured by the Jupiter

ref:1846
29.12.1780Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1846
1.1781

sailed for Lisbon and 4 month cruise from Bristol

damaged in storm,having thrown several guns overboard returned to Bristol

ref:1846
19.10.1781Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1846

IDNameAuthorType

ref:1846J W Damer Powell, Book

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