British Privateer schooner 'Revenge' (1756)

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Revenge
Nominal Guns	2	HCA26
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Private Owners
Extant	1756	HCA26
First Commissioned	17.6.1756	HCA26
Home Port	Liverpool - Lancashire	HCA26
Shipyard	Unknown	HCA26
Category	Privateer	HCA26
Ship Type	Schooner	HCA26
Last known	1756	HCA26

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentHLP
Burthen35Tons BM
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentHCA26
Burthen40Tons BM

Armament

7.1756Broadside Weight = 7 Imperial Pound ( 3.175 kg)HLP
Gun Deck2 British 2-Pounder
Gun Deck20 British 1/2-Pound Swivel

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1756/06/17 - 1756/10HCA26

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
17.6.175640 HCA26

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
17.6.1756 - 10.1756CaptainHLP

Service History

DateEventSource
1.7.1756

Sailed in company with the Mandarin

HLP
1.9.1756Took the dogger Maria Esther, "from Rochelle for the Mississippi, with flour, pork, lead shot, Spanish bar iron, cotton, flannel, knives, velvet, linen, Ozenbriggs, wine, brandy, medicines, beaver hats, silk stockings, candles, linen handkerchiefs, ruffled shirts, shifts, black pepper, and other merchandiseHLP

Notes on Ship

Letter of MarqueHCA26

Owners: John Hulton and Company of Liverpool, merchants.

Lieutenant: John O'Neil.

Gunner: James Molloy.

Boatswain: Brian Burne.

Carpenter: John Butler.

Surgeon: John Andrews.

Cook: Thomas Powell.

HCA 26/5/59 Folio: 73

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

HCA26Authority, Web Site

HLPGomer Williams, Digital Book

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