British Privateer brig 'Squirrel' (1778)

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Squirrel
Nominal Guns	12	ref:1846
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Private Owners
Previously	French Merchant 'Angelique' (1778) (Unknown) 1778-1778 French Unknown Gun Merchant Unknown
Captured	11.1778	ref:1846
First Commissioned	13.4.1779	ref:1846
Home Port	Bristol - England	ref:1846
Shipyard	Nantes - Brittany	ref:1846
Category	Privateer	ref:1846
Ship Type	Brig
Captured	7.1779	ref:1846

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1846
Burthen140Ton

13.4.1779Broadside Weight = 25 Imperial Pound ( 11.3376 kg)ref:1846
Location Unknown4 British 1/2-Pound Swivel
Gun Deck12 British 4-Pounder

DatesOwnerSource
1779/04/13 - 1779/07ref:1846

Date# of MenNotesSource
13.4.177970 ref:1846

DatesRankNameSource
13.4.1779 - 7.1779Captainref:1846

DateEventSource
11.1778

formerly French merchant Angelique captured by privateer Lord Cardiff

purchased at Exeter

ref:1846
13.4.1779Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1846
7.1779

captured by 2 French frigates

IDNameAuthorType

ref:1846J W Damer Powell, Book

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