American Privateer ship 'Hercules' (1781)

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Yarmouth (64) 1745-1811
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
(1745)
Somerset (68) 1748-1778
British 68 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
(1748)
Santisima Trinidad (136) 1805-1805
British 136 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
(1805)
Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad (116) 1769-1805
Spanish 116 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
(1769)
Drake (14) 1798-1804
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
(1798)
Drake (14) 1798-1804
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
(1798)
Magicienne (32) 1781-1810
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1781)
L'Africaine (18) 1796-1796
French 18 Gun
Unrated Unknown
(1796)
Quebec (32) 1781-1816
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1781)
Diamond (38) 1794-1812
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1794)
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Date# of MenNotesSource
31.7.1781120 NRAR

DatesRankNameSource
31.7.1781 - 16.10.1781Captain (Privateer)NRAR

DateEventSource
16.10.1781Taken by off Cape Clear
16.10.1781Taken by off Cape Clear

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

NRARAuthority, Digital Book

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Posted by Roger dissmore on Sunday 25th of April 2021 02:10

LOL Cy, Capt Thomas Dissmore was my 6th great Uncle

Posted by Cy on Sunday 17th of May 2020 09:17

Not many people have a ship for an uncle.

Posted by Roger Dissmore on Saturday 16th of May 2020 19:51

This is my 6th great uncle

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