British Merchant merchantman 'Queen' (1703)

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Queen
Nominal Guns	26	ref:683
Nationality	Kingdom of England
Operator	East India Company
Acquired	1703	EICS
Shipyard	Unknown	EICS
Category	Merchant	ref:683
Ship Type	Merchantman	EICS
Captured	12.6.1706	ref:683

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentEICS
Burthen320Tons BM

Service History

DateEventSource
1703

Only one voyage from 1703 to 12/06/1706 : captured

EICS
12.6.1706

Return from Madras

ref:683
12.6.1706Action of 1706/06/12
12.6.1706Taken by ref:683
12.6.1706Taken by ref:683

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

EICSAndrea Cordani, Cy Harrison, Web Site

ref:683Gilbert Buti, Philippe Hrodej, Digital Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Christine Glee on Thursday 26th of October 2017 13:03

I have a copy of the will of one of the seaman who sailed on this ship, he was a relative. He made the will before he left, “ fully not expecting to return “ , it also gives the captain as Captain Legg, commander.

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