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Henry Bird

NationalityBritish 
RolesDesigner, Ship Owner, Ship Builder 
First Known Service1758CSORN
Last Known Service1759CSORN

Ships Owned


FromToVesselSource
30.3.17581758
London (8) 1758-1758
British 8 Gun
Privateer Unknown
 
3.5.17581758
Enterprize (10) 1758-1758
British 10 Gun
Privateer Unknown
 
18.8.17581758
Elizabeth (10) 1758-1758
British 10 Gun
Privateer Unknown
 
14.9.17591759
Marquis of Granby (12) 1759-1759
British 12 Gun
Privateer Unknown
 

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
18.4.1740 Launched
Experiment (20) 1740-1763
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Ship at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth 		BWAS-1714
14.8.1740 Launched
Rose (20) 1740-1755
British 20 Gun
Unrated Ship
, Ship at Rotherhithe - London - Surrey 		BWAS-1714
24.10.1740 Launched
Lightning (8) 1740-1746
British 8 Gun
Unrated Bomb Vessel
, Bomb Vessel at Rotherhithe - London - Surrey 		BWAS-1714
3.9.1741 Launched
Saltash (8) 1741-1742
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Sloop at Deptford - London 		BWAS-1714
27.11.1741 Launched
Kinsale (44) 1741-1762
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship
1758 Renamed "Kinsale Hulk"
, Ship at Rotherhithe - London - Surrey 		BWAS-1714
10.5.1743 Designed
Ferret (14) 1743-1757
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Sloop		 
10.5.1743 Launched
Ferret (14) 1743-1757
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Sloop at Rotherhithe - London - Surrey 		BWAS-1714
16.6.1744 Launched
Mary Galley (44) 1744-1764
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Rotherhithe - London - Surrey 		BWAS-1714
2.9.1745 Launched
Prince Edward (44) 1745-1766
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Rotherhithe - London - Surrey 		BWAS-1714
14.12.1745 Launched
Swallow (10) 1745-1769
British 10 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Sloop at Rotherhithe - London - Surrey 		BWAS-1714
6.10.1746 Launched
Nightingale (22) 1746-1783
British 22 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Ship at Rotherhithe - London - Surrey 		BWAS-1714
4.2.1756 Launched
Bonetta (10) 1756-1776
British 10 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Sloop at Rotherhithe - London - Surrey 		BWAS-1714
4.7.1757 Launched
Infernal (8) 1757-1774
British 8 Gun
Unrated Bomb Vessel
, Bomb Vessel at Northam - Devon 		BWAS-1714
14.12.1758 Launched
Resolution (74) 1758-1759
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Northam - Devon 		BWAS-1714
1.1.1759 Launched
Fame (74) 1759-1814
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1801 Renamed "Guildford"
, Ship of the Line at Rotherhithe - London - Surrey 		BWAS-1714
5.10.1759 Launched
Supply (4) 1759-1792
British 4 Gun
Unrated Transport
, Transport at Rotherhithe - London - Surrey 		BWAS-1714
24.12.1760 Launched
Senegal (14) 1760-1778
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Sloop at Rotherhithe - London - Surrey 		BWAS-1714
4.6.1765 Launched
Prince of Wales (74) 1765-1783
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Milford Haven - Pembrokeshire 		BWAS-1714
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