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Hunter
4807
Nominal Guns
10
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Nationality
Commonwealth of England
Operator
State Navy
Captured
1652
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Shipyard
Unknown
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Category
Unrated
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Ship Type
Fireship
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Expended as Fireship
31.7.1653
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2 Ship Commanders
Dates
Rank
Name
Source
1652
Commander
Edward Barrett
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1651-1654
BWAS-1603
1653
-
31.7.1653
Commander
John Bowry
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1653-1660
BWAS-1603
Service History
Date
Event
Source
31.7.1653
Battle of Scheveningen
Notes on Ship
Origin
BWAS-1603
Former french sloop
Chasseur
Sources
ID
Name
Author
Type
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Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I
J. J. Colledge
,
Book
BWAS-1603
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714
Rif Winfield
,
Book
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