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El Diligente (20)
1740-1755
Spanish 20 Gun
Privateer
Packet
Added
Tomas Varela
Spanish
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1749-1750
Added
Sir William Legge George Hoste (2
nd
Baronet Hoste, of the Navy)
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1830-1866
Update
Henry Negus Burroughes
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1845
Update
Thomas Edward Hoste
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1810-1828
Update
Sir William Hoste (1
st
Baronet Hoste, of the Navy)
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1798-1824
Update
Veteran (64)
1787-1816
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
Update
Thomas Clark
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1794
Added
Charles Inglis
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1792
Update
Charles Inglis
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1814
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Convertine (40)
1650-1666
British 40 Gun
4th Rate
Ship of the Line
(1650)
Solebay (32)
1785-1809
British 32 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
(1785)
Richard Bowen
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1793
Sir William Hall Gage
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1862
Bedford (74)
1775-1817
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
(1775)
George Gayton
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1744-1795
Sultan (74)
1775-1816
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
1805 Renamed "Suffolk"
(1775)
Syren (32)
1782-1822
British 32 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
(1782)
Le Furet (4)
1797-1797
French 4 Gun
Privateer
Schooner
(1797)
Porcupine (24)
1777-1805
British 24 Gun
6th Rate
Post Ship
(1777)
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King's Boatbuilders
Other Information
Type
:
Private Shipyard
Location(s)
:
Dover -
Kent
Nationality
:
Great Britain
Events at King's Boatbuilders
1777/08/04
Launched
Sprightly (10)
1777-1777
British 10 Gun
Unrated
Cutter
BWAS-1714
1778/08/04
Launched
Sprightly (10)
1778-1801
British 10 Gun
Unrated
Cutter
BWAS-1714
1779/06
Launched
Lively (14)
1779-1782
British 14 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
BWAS-1714
1780/10/30
Launched
Merlin (18)
1780-1795
British 18 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
BWAS-1714
1781/05
Launched
Pigmy (14)
1781-1781
British 14 Gun
Unrated
Cutter
BWAS-1714
1781/07/03
Launched
Cockatrice (14)
1781-1802
British 14 Gun
Unrated
Cutter
BWAS-1714
1781/12/27
Launched
Le Pigmy (10)
1781-1782
French 10 Gun
Unrated
Cutter
NNF-1774
1782/03/04
Launched
Flirt (14)
1782-1795
British 14 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
BWAS-1714
1782/06/29
Launched
Speedy (14)
1782-1794
British 14 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
BWAS-1714
1782/07/22
Launched
Pigmy (14)
1782-1793
British 14 Gun
Unrated
Cutter
1783 Renamed "Lurcher"
1783 Renamed "Pigmy"
BWAS-1714
1782/08/12
Launched
Incendiary (8)
1782-1801
British 8 Gun
Unrated
Fireship
BWAS-1714
1783/11/25
Launched
Thisbe (28)
1783-1815
British 28 Gun
6th Rate
Frigate
BWAS-1714
1785/09/21
Launched
Lapwing (28)
1785-1828
British 28 Gun
6th Rate
Frigate
BWAS-1714
1794/06/02
Launched
Piercer (12)
1794-1802
British 12 Gun
Unrated
Gun-brig
BWAS-1793
1794/06/09
Launched
Le Speedy (14)
1794-1795
French 14 Gun
Unrated
Brig
BWAS-1714
1795/02
Launched
Zephyr (14)
1795-1808
British 14 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
BWAS-1793
1795/03/25
Launched
Speedy (14)
1795-1801
British 14 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
BWAS-1714
1796/02
Launched
Harpy (16)
1796-1817
British 16 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
BWAS-1793
1796/02
Launched
Rambler (14)
1796-1810
British 14 Gun
Unrated
Cutter
BWAS-1793
1797/09
Launched
Echo (18)
1797-1809
British 18 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
BWAS-1793
1799/03
Launched
Weazle (12)
1799-1804
British 12 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
BWAS-1793
1800/03
Launched
Gannet (16)
1800-1814
British 16 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
BWAS-1793
1801/05
Launched
Hunter (18)
1801-1809
British 18 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
BWAS-1793
1803/10/17
Launched
Scorpion (18)
1803-1819
British 18 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
BWAS-1793
1804/03/10
Launched
Kingfisher (16)
1804-1816
British 16 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
BWAS-1793
1804/09/22
Launched
Espoir (16)
1804-1821
British 16 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
BWAS-1793
1804/10
Launched
Moselle (16)
1804-1815
British 16 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
BWAS-1793
1805/04/17
Launched
Resolute (12)
1805-1852
British 12 Gun
Unrated
Gun-brig
BWAS-1793
1805/07/01
Launched
Seagull (16)
1805-1808
British 16 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
BWAS-1793
1805/07/29
Launched
Nightingale (16)
1805-1815
British 16 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
BWAS-1793
1806/01/14
Launched
Leveret (18)
1806-1807
British 18 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
BWAS-1793
1806/03/21
Launched
Belette (16)
1806-1812
British 16 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
BWAS-1793
1806/08/03
Launched
Forester (16)
1806-1819
British 16 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
BWAS-1793
1806/11/30
Launched
Foxhound (16)
1806-1809
British 16 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
BWAS-1793
1806/12/27
Launched
Cherub (18)
1806-1820
British 18 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
BWAS-1793
1807/08/04
Launched
Eclipse (16)
1807-1817
British 16 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
BWAS-1793
Sources
ID
Name
Author
Type
BWAS-1714
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792
Rif Winfield
,
Book
BWAS-1793
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817
Rif Winfield
,
Book
NNF-1774
Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1774 à 1792
Alain Demerliac
,
Book
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