British Privateer 'Gloucestershire' (1757)

Three Decks' Forum

Come and ask, answer or inform.

Recent updates

Update
Jean-Louis PestelFrench
Ship Builder
Service 1793
Update
Le Cornélie (24) 1794-1797
French 24 Gun
6th Rate Frigate (Corvettes de Charge)
1795 Renamed "Calliope"
Update Unité Class (1793)
Update
Le Républicain (24) 1794-1799
French 24 Gun
6th Rate Corvette
Update
Pierre Dieudonné JaunezFrench
Ship Builder
Service 1806-1812
Added
Le Cygne (16) 1806-1808
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
Update
Jean-Baptiste LefebvreFrench
Ship Builder
Service 1804
Added
Endymion (16) 1805-1814
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
Added
Fanfaron (16) 1804-1809
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
Update
Le Curieux (16) 1800-1804
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
See more...

Recent Comments

Hind (14) 1794-1801
British 14 Gun
Hired Cutter
(1794)
Earl St Vincent (16) 1799-1801
British 16 Gun
Hired Schooner
(1799)
Resistance (36) 1801-1803
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1801)
Medusa (38) 1791-1797
Venetian 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1791)
Sir James Alexander GordonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1868
Bordelais (24) 1799-1804
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Post Ship
(1799)
Bordelais (24) 1799-1804
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Post Ship
(1799)
Venerable (74) 1784-1804
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
(1784)
Sir John Wentworth LoringBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1837
Sir Robert BarrieBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1787-1837
See more...

Gloucestershire
Nominal Guns	14	HCA26
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Private Owners
Extant	23.2.1757	ref:1846
First Commissioned	10.3.1758	HCA26
Home Port	Bristol - England	ref:1846
Shipyard	Unknown	HCA26
Category	Privateer	HCA26
Ship Type	Unknown	HCA26
Last known	11.10.1759	ref:1846

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1846
Burthen170Ton

Armament

23.2.1757Broadside Weight Unknownref:1846
Location Unknown14 Carriage Guns

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1757/02/23 - 1759/10/11ref:1846

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
23.2.175740 ref:1846

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
23.2.1757 - bef.13.3.1758Captainref:184613.3.1758 - bef.11.10.1759Captainref:184611.10.1759 - 1760Captainref:1846

Service History

DateEventSource
23.2.1757Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1846
13.3.1758Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1846
11.10.1759Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1846
1760

while sailing to Jamaica the Gloucestershire retook the Amy, Captain Riddicombe bound Newfoundland to Oporto, sent into Lisbon

ref:1846

Notes on Ship

HCA referenceHCA26

HCA 26/9/55 1758 March 10

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

HCA26Authority, Web Site

ref:1846J W Damer Powell, Book

Previous comments on this pageno comments to display

Make a comment about this page

Recent comments to other pages

Date posted	By	Page
Monday 27th of July 2026 16:03	Jon Miller	British hired cutter 'Hind' (1794) (14) 1794-1801 British 14 Gun Hired Cutter
Monday 27th of July 2026 16:02	Jon Miller	British hired schooner 'Earl St Vincent' (1799) (16) 1799-1801 British 16 Gun Hired Schooner
Monday 27th of July 2026 16:01	Jon Miller	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Resistance' (1801) (36) 1801-1803 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Monday 27th of July 2026 16:00	Jon Miller	Venetian Fifth Rate frigate 'Medusa' (1791) (38) 1791-1797 Venetian 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Monday 27th of July 2026 15:58	Jon Miller	Sir James Alexander GordonBritish Naval Sailor Service 1793-1868

GDPR Statement