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Pedro de Linze y Berastegui
Spanish
Ship Owner
Service 1754-1769
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Galga (36)
1744-1784
Spanish 36 Gun
Privateer
Frigate
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Lorenzo Beyenis
Spanish
Ship Owner
Service 1769
Update
Juan Agustin de Irady
Spanish
Naval Sailor
Update
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 Arburu
Spanish
Naval Sailor
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Fermín Urtizberea
Spanish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780
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San Carlos (32)
1772-1780
Spanish 32 Gun
Merchant
Frigate
Added
San Ignacio de Loyola (50)
1766-1779
Spanish 50 Gun
Merchant
Ship
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Brave (12)
1798-1799
British 12 Gun
Hired
Cutter
(1798)
Earl of Mornington (14)
1799-1804
British 14 Gun
Merchant
Packet
(1799)
Concorde (36)
1783-1811
British 36 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
(1783)
Rambler (14)
1796-1810
British 14 Gun
Unrated
Cutter
(1796)
Impregnable (98)
1786-1799
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate
Ship of the Line
(1786)
Earl of Wycombe (Unknown)
1786-1800
British Unknown Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
(1786)
Belvedere (Unknown)
1787-1805
British Unknown Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
(1787)
Taunton Castle (Unknown)
1790-1812
British Unknown Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
(1790)
Carnatic (26)
1787-1802
British 26 Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
(1787)
Loyalist (Unknown)
1796-1803
British Unknown Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
(1796)
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Leith
Other Information
Type
:
Port
Location(s)
:
Edinburghshire -
Scotland
Nationality
:
Scotland
Associated Locations
Leith Dockyard
- Naval Dockyard
Offices associated with Leith and related locations
Commander-in-Chief Leith
Master Shipwright Leith Dockyard
Events at Leith
c.1400
Birth of
John Barton
Scottish
Privateer
Merchant Sailor
Service 1400-1476
c.1466
Birth of
Andrew Barton
Scottish
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Merchant Sailor
Service 1466-1511
1505
Launched
Margaret (Unknown)
1505-1505
Scottish Unknown Gun
1st Rate
Great Ship
1726/10/14
Birth of
Lord Charles Middleton (1
st
Baron Barham)
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1806
E-WIKI
1767/01/03
Death of
Crawford Boyce
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1755-1762
1779/03/18
Launched
Fury (16)
1779-1787
British 16 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
BWAS-1714
1805/01
Launched
Earnest (12)
1805-1816
British 12 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
BWAS-1793
1805/01
Launched
Woodlark (12)
1805-1805
British 12 Gun
Unrated
Gun-brig
BWAS-1793
1816/07/07
Death of
Joseph Brodie
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1805
Sources
ID
Name
Author
Type
BWAS-1714
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792
Rif Winfield
,
Book
BWAS-1793
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817
Rif Winfield
,
Book
E-WIKI
Wikipedia
Various
,
Web Site
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Saturday 25th of July 2026 17:30
Paul Howard
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1798-1799
British 12 Gun
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Saturday 25th of July 2026 16:05
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1796-1810
British 14 Gun
Unrated
Cutter
Saturday 25th of July 2026 14:03
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British Second Rate ship of the line 'Impregnable' (1786) (98)
1786-1799
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