British Privateer 'Generous Planters' (1758)

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Jean-Louis PestelFrench
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Service 1793
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6th Rate Frigate (Corvettes de Charge)
1795 Renamed "Calliope"
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French 24 Gun
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Service 1806-1812
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Service 1804
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(1777)
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3rd Rate Ship of the Line
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5th Rate Frigate
(1801)
Alexander WilsonBritish
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Service 1794-1814
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French 40 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1796)
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Dutch 18 Gun
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(1796)
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Dutch 76 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1795 Renamed "Brutus"
1806 Renamed "Noord-Brabant"
(1785)
Aurora (28) 1777-1814
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
(1777)
Temeraire (98) 1798-1838
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
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DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentHCA26
Burthen300Tons BM

7.11.1758Broadside Weight UnknownHCA26
Gun Deck16 Carriage Guns

DatesOwnerSource
1758, HCA26

Date# of MenNotesSource
7.11.175826 HCA26

Letter of MarqueHCA26

HCA 26/10/95 1758 November 7

Commander: Francis Degon.

Ship: Generous Planters.

Burden: 300 tons.

Crew: 26.

Owners: Samuel Brooks of London, merchants, and Francis Degon.

Lieutenant: James Blair.

Gunner: John Calf.

Boatswain: Isaac Morris.

Carpenter: William Teasdale.

Surgeon: Owen Jones.

Cook: William Hops.

Armament: 16 carriage guns.

Folio: 96

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