Scottish Sixth Rate ship 'Dumbarton Castle' (1696)

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Dumbarton Castle
Nominal Guns	24	B028
Nationality	Scotland
Operator	State Navy
Acquired	1696	B028
First Commissioned	6.1696	B028
Shipyard	London - Thames	B028
Category	Sixth Rate	B028
Ship Type	Ship	B028
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	B028
Transfered	1.5.1707	B028
Becomes	British Sixth Rate ship 'Dumbarton Castle' (1707) (24) 1707-1708 British 24 Gun 6th Rate Ship

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
6.1696 - 1696CaptainB14917.7.1703 - 1.5.1707CaptainB149

Service History

DateEventSource
6.1696CommissionedB149
25.8.1702Ordered to be fitted and rigged for seaB149
16.7.1703Commissioned and mannedB149
9.1703Coastal watch between the Sound of Mull and Lambay Island near DublinB149
14.3.1703/4Recommissioned for the Western coastB149
3.1704/5Recommissioned for the Western coastB149
25.5.1705Took and sent in a French privateer of eight gunsB149
1.5.1707Transfered to the Royal Navy on the Union of England and ScotlandB149

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

B149Unknown, Book

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