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Sea-flower (4) 1714-1718
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Merchant Sloop
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Charles BainsBritish
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La Vengeance (20) 1797-1800
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British Unknown Gun
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Cassandra (26) 1720-1723
Pirate 26 Gun
6th Rate Ship
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Cassandra (26) 1719-1720
British 26 Gun
Merchant East Indiaman
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Richard LazenbyBritish
Naval Sailor
Pirate
Service 1719-1723
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Favorite Class

Design Armament	Broadside Weight = 51.50 Imperial Pound ( 23.36 kg)		BWAS-1714
Gun Deck	14 x British 1/2-Pound Swivel
Gun Deck	16 x British 6-Pounder

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
	Ordered	Shipyard	Launched	Out of service	Fate	Gundeck Length	Length of Keel	Breadth	Depth in hold	Burthen
As Designed						96' 4"	79' 10"	27' 0"	8' 6"	309 ⁵⁴⁄₉₄
Favorite (16) 1757-1784 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop	11.1.1757	Shoreham - Sussex	15.12.1757	21.10.1784	Sold	96' 4"	79' 10"	27' 2"	8' 6 ¼"	313 ³⁷⁄₉₄
Tamar (16) 1758-1780 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop 1777 Renamed "Pluto"	11.1.1757	Saltash - Cornwall	23.1.1758	30.11.1780	Captured	96' 4"	78' 9 ⅝"	27' 4"	8' 3 ½"	313 ¹⁵⁄₉₄
Nautilus (16) 1762-1780 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop	17.4.1761	Kingston upon Hull - Yorkshire - The Humber	24.5.1762	10.1780	Sold	98' 0"	80' 7 ⅝"	27' 4"	12' 8"	316 ⁴⁷⁄₉₄

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