British Privateer 'Pearl' (1780)

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Pearl
Nominal Guns	18	ref:1846
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Private Owners
Previously	French corvette 'La Perle' (1768) (18) 1768-1780 French 18 Gun Unrated Corvette
First Mentioned	5.7.1780	ref:1846
First Commissioned	1.6.1781	ref:1846
Home Port	Bristol - England	ref:1846
Shipyard	Brest - Brittany	NNF-1774
Constructor	Pierre-Augustin Lamothe Kercaradec (Sieur de Kercaradec)French Designer Ship Builder Service 1756-1782	NNF-1774
Category	Privateer	ref:1846
Ship Type	Unknown
Condemned	1793	ref:1846

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1846
Length of Gundeck104Imperial Feet0.0254
Breadth28Imperial Feet0.0889
Burthen300Ton

1.6.1781Broadside Weight = 54.5 Imperial Pound ( 24.7158 kg)ref:1846
Location Unknown2 British 1/2-Pound Swivel
Gun Deck18 British 6-Pounder

DatesOwnerSource
1781/06/01 - 1782/05, ref:1846

Date# of MenNotesSource
1.6.178140 ref:1846

DatesRankNameSource
1.6.1781 - 5.1782Captainref:1846

DateEventSource
1.6.1781Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1846
bef.2.1782

captured Spanish privateer snow Don Carlos (130 tons, 16 guns, 60 men) and carried her into Bristol

arrived from Oporto at Bristol

sold

captured French brig Colombe, 165 tons, sailingSt. Domingo for France, sent into Castlehaven, Ireland

condemned at Antigua

shipref:1846

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IDNameAuthorType

NNF-1774Alain Demerliac, Book

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