Bristol

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Pedro de Linze y BerasteguiSpanish
Ship Owner
Service 1754-1769
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Galga (36) 1744-1784
Spanish 36 Gun
Privateer Frigate
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Lorenzo BeyenisSpanish
Ship Owner
Service 1769
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Juan Agustin de IradySpanish
Naval Sailor
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Guipuzcoano (64) 1778-1780
Spanish 64 Gun
Merchant Ship of the Line
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San Rafael (30) 1774-1780
Spanish 30 Gun
Merchant Frigate
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Luis ArburuSpanish
Naval Sailor
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Fermín UrtizbereaSpanish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780
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San Carlos (32) 1772-1780
Spanish 32 Gun
Merchant Frigate
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San Ignacio de Loyola (50) 1766-1779
Spanish 50 Gun
Merchant Ship
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Bristol

Introduction

The town incorporated neighbouring suburbs and became a county in 1373.

Other Information

Type : Port
Location(s) : England - Great Britain

Associated Locations

Patterson & Mercer - Private Shipyard
Wapping Wharf - Private Shipyard

Offices associated with Bristol and related locations

Events at Bristol

1579Launched
Toby (Unknown) 1579-1588
British Unknown Gun
Merchant Unknown
NRS002
1581Launched
Minion (Unknown) 1581-1597
British Unknown Gun
Merchant Unknown
ref:1846
1621/04/23Birth of
Sir William PennBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1644-1670
1626/07/10Launched
Deliverance (Unknown) 1626-1627
British Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown
ref:1846
1629/03Launched
Saint John Baptist (Unknown) 1629-1629
British Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown
ref:1846
1643/02/25Death of
Giles ElbridgeBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1626-1630
1654/03/25Launched
Islip (22) 1654-1655
British 22 Gun
5th Rate Ship
B028
1655/03/13Launched
Nantwich (40) 1655-1666
British 40 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
1660 Renamed "Bredah"
B028
1666/05/09Launched
Saint Patrick (50) 1666-1667
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
B028
1668/07/29Launched
Edgar (70) 1668-1700
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
B028
1674/05/27Launched
Oxford (54) 1674-1702
British 54 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
B028
1679/06Launched
Northumberland (70) 1679-1699
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
B028
1695/02/05Launched
Gloucester (60) 1695-1731
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
BWAS-1603
1718/01/09Launched
Robert (2) 1718-1729
British 2 Gun
Merchant Snow
ref:2045
1739Launched
Foxhunter (20) 1739-1742
British 20 Gun
Privateer Unknown
ref:1846
1741/04/20Death of
Samuel GoodereBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1712-1741
1744/06/25Launched
Somerset (12) 1744-1744
British 12 Gun
Privateer Snow
ref:1846
1747/02/01Death of
George StonehouseBritish
Privateer
Service 1743-1745
1757/12Death of
John ClarkBritish
Privateer
Service 1757-1783
1767Birth of
Joseph BakerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1811
1768Death of
Thomas LawrieBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1757-1763
1776Launched
Chambers (20) 1776-1782
British 20 Gun
Privateer Unknown
ref:1846
1778/03Launched
Crescent (28) 1778-1781
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
BWAS-1714
1778/04/28Launched
Medea (28) 1778-1805
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
BWAS-1714
1779/08Launched
Mars (30) 1779-1779
British 30 Gun
Privateer Frigate
ref:1846
1779/11/26Launched
Cleopatra (32) 1779-1814
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
BWAS-1714
1780/06/03Launched
Termagant (26) 1780-1795
British 26 Gun
6th Rate Post Ship
BWAS-1714
1780/08/25Launched
Queen (20) 1780-1782
British 20 Gun
Privateer Unknown
ref:1846
1781Launched
Trelawny (20) 1781-1806
British 20 Gun
Privateer Unknown
ref:1846
1781/04/10Launched
Arethusa (38) 1781-1814
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
BWAS-1714
1781/10/03Launched
Orange Valley (22) 1781-1796
British 22 Gun
Privateer Unknown
ref:1846
1781/10/18Launched
Diomede (44) 1781-1795
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship
BWAS-1714
1782/10/09Launched
Trusty (50) 1782-1815
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
1782/11/05Birth of
Simon Gage BrittonBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1804-1805
1782/11/07Launched
Serapis (44) 1782-1826
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship
BWAS-1714
1783/05/17Launched
Charon (44) 1783-1805
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship
BWAS-1714
1783/06Birth of
William Innes PocockBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1811
1783/06/16Launched
Druid (32) 1783-1813
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
BWAS-1714
1785/06/08Launched
Melampus (36) 1785-1815
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
BWAS-1714
1785/09/20Launched
Nassau (64) 1785-1799
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
BWAS-1714
1786/04/29Launched
Severn (44) 1786-1804
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship of the Line
BWAS-1714
1787/05/24Death of
George JohnstonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1744-1787
E-WIKI
1790/03/16Death of
John SamsonBritish
Privateer
Merchant Sailor
Service 1748-1779
1792/08/18Death of
Hugh BromedgeBritish
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1744-1782
1796/12/20Death of
John ShawBritish
Ship Owner
Privateer
Service 1756-1781
1797/09/22Launched
Santa Cecilia (32) 1797-1799
Spanish 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1804/05/10Launched
Albacore (16) 1804-1815
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
BWAS-1793
1804/07/09Launched
Saint Vincent (Unknown) 1804-1849
British Unknown Gun
Merchant Ship
ref:1846
1813Launched
Albion (Unknown) 1813-1854
British Unknown Gun
Merchant Merchantman
EICS
1839/07/04Death of
John Andrews ReevesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1815
1862Death of
Joshua SeymourBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1796-1805

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Thursday 23rd of July 2026 13:29	keith wilkie	British Third Rate ship of the line 'Yarmouth' (1745) (64) 1745-1811 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Thursday 23rd of July 2026 13:13	keith wilkie	British Third Rate ship of the line 'Somerset' (1748) (68) 1748-1778 British 68 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Wednesday 22nd of July 2026 04:24	F.F.	British First Rate ship of the line 'Santisima Trinidad' (1805) (136) 1805-1805 British 136 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line
Wednesday 22nd of July 2026 01:36	F.F.	Spanish First Rate ship of the line 'Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad' (1769) (116) 1769-1805 Spanish 116 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line
Tuesday 21st of July 2026 16:47	Jon Miller	British sloop 'Drake' (1798) (14) 1798-1804 British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop

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