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Bonetta Group

Description of typeBWAS-1603
these vessels were 2-masted and were in addition fitted to allow rowing with 12 oars

Design Armament	Broadside Weight = 2.50 Imperial Pound ( 1.13 kg)		BWAS-1603
Gun Deck	4 x British 1/2-Pound Swivel
Gun Deck	2 x British Falconet

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
	Ordered	Shipyard	Launched	Out of service	Fate	Gundeck Length	Length of Keel	Breadth	Depth in hold	Burthen
As Designed							48' 0"	16' 0"		65 ³⁴⁄₉₄' 0"
Bonetta (2) 1699-1712 British 2 Gun Unrated Sloop	1.7.1699	Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	1.9.1699	10.4.1712	Sold	58' 2"	48' 0"	16' 1"	6' 1"	66 ⁴⁄₉₄
Prohibition (2) 1699-1702 British 2 Gun Unrated Sloop	1.7.1699	Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich	5.9.1699	14.8.1702	Captured		48' 4"	16' 4"	6' 1"	68 ⁵⁵⁄₉₄
Shark (2) 1699-1703 British 2 Gun Unrated Sloop	1.7.1699	Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	5.9.1699	30.3.1703	Captured	58' 2"	48' 0"	16' 1"	6' 1"	66 ⁴⁄₉₄
Swallow (6) 1699-1703 British 6 Gun Unrated Sloop	1.7.1699	Chatham Dockyard - Chatham	30.9.1699	19.4.1703	Captured	59' 2"	48' 10"	16' 0"	6' 2 ½"	66
Merlin (2) 1699-1712 British 2 Gun Unrated Sloop	1.7.1699	Chatham Dockyard - Chatham	30.9.1699	20.11.1712	Sold	59' 2"	48' 10"	16' 0"	6' 2 ½"	66 ⁴⁴⁄₉₄
Fox (2) 1699-1699 British 2 Gun Unrated Sloop	1.7.1699	Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness	14.10.1699	2.12.1699	Wrecked	58' 6"	47' 6"	16' 4"	6' 0"	64 ⁶⁴⁄₉₄
Wolf (2) 1699-1712 British 2 Gun Unrated Sloop	1.7.1699	Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth	2.11.1699	10.4.1712	Sold	58' 6"	48' 0"	16' 6"	6' 0"	65 ⁴⁸⁄₉₄
Swift (2) 1699-1702 British 2 Gun Unrated Sloop	1.7.1699	Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth	2.11.1699	18.8.1702	Captured	58' 6"	48' 0"	16' 6"	6' 0"	65 ⁴⁸⁄₉₄

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BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

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