British sloop 'Polacre' (1756)

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Polacre
Polacca
Nominal Guns	12	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Captured	1756	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	14.7.1756	ADM 33
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1714
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1714
Broken Up	1762	BWAS-1714

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
2.6.1756 - 28.11.1756Commander: on board from 14.7.1756 ADM 6/18/275ADM 6/1829.11.1756 - 5.1.1760Commander Transfered ADM 6/19/170
Issued by , English Channel - British Isles
Confirmed 3.6.1760ADM 6/196.4.1761 - 21.8.1761Commander ADM 6/19/363
Issued by , The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 12.11.1761ADM 6/19

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
26.7.1756 - 29.11.1756Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/18/522
Issued by , English Channel - British Isles
Confirmed 26.6.1758ADM 6/18

Service History

DateEventSource
21.8.1761Paid offADM 33

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 33 Archive

ADM 6/18 Archive

ADM 6/19 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

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Saturday 25th of July 2026 07:16	Jon Miller	British Merchant east indiaman 'Princess Mary' (1796) (Unknown) 1796-1805 British Unknown Gun Merchant East Indiaman
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