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John WalkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1803
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British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
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Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1824
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British 74 Gun
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3rd Rate Ship of the Line
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Service 1780-1801
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Dockyard Staff
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Dockyard Staff
Service 1774
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Dockyard Staff
Service 1787-1794
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Griffin (14) 1780-1780
American 14 Gun
Privateer Brigantine
(1780)
Wilkes (14) 1779-1780
American 14 Gun
Privateer Sloop
(1779)
Fairy (14) 1778-1811
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
(1778)
Elizabeth (74) 1769-1797
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
(1769)
La Diane (32) 1779-1780
French 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1779)
Hussar (28) 1763-1780
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
(1763)
Nonsuch (64) 1774-1802
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
(1774)
La Légère (32) 1765-1780
French 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1765)
Le Hussard (18) 1780-1780
French 18 Gun
Privateer Unknown
(1780)
Le Printemps (4) 1780-1780
French 4 Gun
Privateer Unknown
(1780)
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Eaglet Group

Nationality	Great Britain
Nominal Guns	8
Approved	1655/10/03
Designer
Rate	Unrated
Type	Advice Boat
Designed Crew	35
Ships in Class	4

Design Armament	Broadside Weight Unknown		BWAS-1603
Gun Deck	8 x

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
	Ordered	Shipyard	Launched	Out of service	Fate	Gundeck Length	Length of Keel	Breadth	Depth in hold	Burthen
As Designed							42' 0"	16' 0"		57 ¹⁸⁄₉₄
Eaglet (8) 1655-1674 British 8 Gun Unrated Ketch	Unknown	Horsleydown Wharf - Bermondsey	1655	21.5.1674	Sold		40' 0"	16' 0"	7' 0"	54 ⁴⁴⁄₉₄
Hawk (8) 1655-1667 British 8 Gun Unrated Ketch	11.1655	Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich	1655	10.1667	Sold		42' 0"	16' 0"	7' 0"	60
Roe (8) 1656-1669 British 8 Gun Unrated Ketch	Unknown	Wivenhoe - Essex	30.1.1655/56	10.1669	Given Away		41' 0"	16' 0"	8' 7"	55 ⁷⁸⁄₉₄
Hind (8) 1656-1667 British 8 Gun Unrated Ketch	3.10.1655	Wivenhoe - Essex	11.2.1655/56	11.12.1667	Wrecked		41' 0"	16' 0"	8' 7"	55 ⁷⁸⁄₉₄

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

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Friday 19th of June 2026 06:00	Jon Miller	American Privateer brigantine 'Griffin' (1780) (14) 1780-1780 American 14 Gun Privateer Brigantine
Friday 19th of June 2026 05:59	Jon Miller	American Privateer sloop 'Wilkes' (1779) (14) 1779-1780 American 14 Gun Privateer Sloop
Friday 19th of June 2026 05:58	Jon Miller	British sloop 'Fairy' (1778) (14) 1778-1811 British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop
Friday 19th of June 2026 05:48	Jon Miller	British Third Rate ship of the line 'Elizabeth' (1769) (74) 1769-1797 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Friday 19th of June 2026 00:08	Jon Miller	French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Diane' (1779) (32) 1779-1780 French 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate

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