Portugese Sixth Rate brig 'Serpente do Mar' (1791)

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Serpente do Mar ➡ 1816 Calipso
Nominal Guns	22	B101
Nationality	Portugal
Operator	State Navy
Launched	28.9.1791	CdNB
How acquired	Purpose built	CdNB
Shipyard	Lisbon - Portugal	CdNB
Category	Sixth Rate	B101
Ship Type	Brig	B101
Sailing Rig	Brig	B101
Sold for Break Up	1834	CdNB

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DatesRankNameSource
3.1793Capitao-tenenteB101

Service History

DateEventSource
21.3.1793Part of the Portugese squadron operating in the ChannelCdNB
19.9.1793Returned to LisbonCdNB
1816Refitted as a 24 gun Sixth Rate Corvette
1816Renamed CalipsoCdNB
3.4.1822Bahia

Fleets
Dates	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
1796-23.7.1796	Bahia Fleet from Portugal	Bernardo Ramires EsquivelPortugese Naval Sailor Service 1792-1812

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B101Otto von Pivka, Book

CdNBAntonio Marques Esparteiro, Document

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