British Merchant east indiaman 'Tavistock' (1745)

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Tavistock
Nominal Guns	28	HCA26
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Private Owners
Extant	1745	EICS
First Commissioned	13.11.1756	HCA26
Shipyard	Unknown	HCA26
Category	Merchant	HCA26
Ship Type	East Indiaman	HCA26
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	HCA26
Last known	1760	EICS

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentHCA26
Burthen590Tons BM

Armament

13.11.1756Broadside Weight UnknownHCA26
Gun Deck28 Carriage Guns

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1756/11/13 - 1756, HCA26

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
13.11.175699 HCA26

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
13.11.1756 - 1756CaptainHCA26

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
31.3.1751 - 14.3.1755Midshipman ADM 107/4/295ADM 107/4

Service History

DateEventSource
13.11.1756Issued with a Letter of Marque as a 28 gun Privateer ShipHCA26

Notes on Ship

Letter of MarqueHCA26

HCA 26/6/92 1756 November 13

Commander: Benjamin Jenkins.

Ship: Tavistock.

Burden: 590 tons.

Crew: 99.

Owners: The duke of Bedford, Lord Anson, Aaron Franks and others.

Lieutenant: Lazarus Rich.

Gunner: Samson Farnley.

Boatswain: Thomas Humphreys.

Carpenter: Thomas Crosskeys.

Surgeon: John Dale.

Cook: Thomas Guy.

Armament: 28 guns.

Folio: 95

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 107/4 Archive

EICSAndrea Cordani, Cy Harrison, Web Site

HCA26Authority, Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Jan on Tuesday 28th of August 2018 15:57

1754 will (pr 1761) of Stephen Jackson of London.
I give and bequeath to my brother Joseph Jackson that one two and thirtieth [1/32] part which I hold in the ship Tavistock of which Captain Nathanial Peesh was late Commander.
Note - Joseph Jackson d. 1760 and never took part ownership.
Good chance it went to their nephew Richard Jackson of the King's Council.

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