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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
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Sheerness Dockyard

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Type : Naval Dockyard
Location(s) : Sheerness - Kent
Nationality : Great Britain

Offices associated with Sheerness Dockyard

Events at Sheerness Dockyard

1677Launched
Transporter (7) 1677-1709
British 7 Gun
Unrated Hoy
B028
1691/03/06Launched
Sheerness (32) 1691-1717
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
B028
1693/09/20Launched
Medway (60) 1693-1716
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
1698/05/30Launched
Bridgewater (32) 1698-1738
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
B028
1699/10/14Launched
Fox (2) 1699-1699
British 2 Gun
Unrated Sloop
B028
1706Launched
Goodwill (Unknown) 1706-1791
British Unknown Gun
Other Lighter
BWAS-1714
1706/02/18Launched
Sorlings (42) 1706-1717
British 42 Gun
5th Rate Ship
B028
1707/04/10Launched
Ludlow Castle (42) 1707-1721
British 42 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
B028
1711/05/23Launched
Scarborough (32) 1711-1720
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Ship
B028
1716Launched
Deptford (2) 1716-1737
British 2 Gun
Unrated Lighter
BWAS-1714
1720/08/12Death of
John PhillipsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1681-1720
1722/11/13Launched
Tiger (50) 1722-1742
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
BWAS-1714
1724Launched
No. 1 Longboat (Unknown) 1724-1796
British Unknown Gun
Other Longboat
BWAS-1714
1724Launched
No. 2 Longboat (Unknown) 1724-1727
British Unknown Gun
Other Longboat
BWAS-1714
1724/05/01Launched
Garland (20) 1724-1744
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
BWAS-1714
1727/04/06Launched
Deal Castle (20) 1727-1746
British 20 Gun
4th Rate Frigate
BWAS-1714
1732/09/15Launched
Fly (8) 1732-1751
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
BWAS-1714
1737/03/22Launched
Gloucester (50) 1737-1742
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
BWAS-1714
1743/01/19Death of
Thomas MillerBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1726-1743
1748/08/13Launched
Garland (24) 1748-1783
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
BWAS-1714
1759/09/25Launched
Niger (32) 1759-1814
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1813 Renamed "Negro"
BWAS-1714
1759/12/18Death of
James FulljamesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1758-1759
1761/09/15Launched
Montreal (32) 1761-1779
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
BWAS-1714
1764/05/31Launched
Winchelsea (32) 1764-1814
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
BWAS-1714
1766/08/23Launched
Carysfort (28) 1766-1813
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
BWAS-1714
1770Launched
Sheerness Waterboat (Unknown) 1770-1802
British Unknown Gun
Other Lighter
BWAS-1714
1775/08/12Launched
Atalanta (14) 1775-1781
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
BWAS-1714
1775/10/25Launched
Bristol (50) 1775-1810
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
BWAS-1714
1776/09/14Launched
Fly (14) 1776-1802
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
BWAS-1714
1778/10/24Launched
Fairy (14) 1778-1811
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
BWAS-1714
1781/07/07Launched
Atalanta (14) 1781-1802
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
1797 Renamed "Helena"
BWAS-1714
1782/04/27Launched
Polyphemus (64) 1782-1827
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
B028
1784/11/29Launched
Mermaid (32) 1784-1815
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
BWAS-1793
1790/04/24Launched
Leopard (50) 1790-1814
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
BWAS-1714
1791Launched
No. 2 Longboat (Unknown) 1791-1791
British Unknown Gun
Other Longboat
BWAS-1714
1802/11/10Launched
Antelope (50) 1802-1845
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
BWAS-1793
1821/12/11Launched
Opossum (10) 1821-1841
British 10 Gun
Unrated Sloop
B181
1822/01/24Launched
Onyx (10) 1822-1837
British 10 Gun
Unrated Sloop
1830/09/30Launched
Quail (4) 1830-1859
British 4 Gun
Unrated Cutter
B028
1833/04/06Launched
Vestal (26) 1833-1862
British 26 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
B181
1837/10/05Launched
Calliope (28) 1837-1883
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
B181
1840/01/26Launched
Styx (6) 1840-1866
British 6 Gun
Unrated Steam Sloop
B181
1841/03/24Launched
Spy (3) 1841-1862
British 3 Gun
Unrated Brigantine
1842/03/29Launched
Cormorant (6) 1842-1853
British 6 Gun
Unrated Steam Sloop
B181
1845/04/22Launched
Alarm (26) 1845-1904
British 26 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
B181
1848/08/29Launched
Diamond (28) 1848-1885
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
1868 Renamed "Joseph Straker"
B181

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

B181David Lyon, Book

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

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