British Merchant east indiaman 'Hillsborough' (1774)

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Hillsborough
Nominal Guns	30	ref:300
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	East India Company
Acquired	1774	ref:300
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:300
Category	Merchant	ref:300
Ship Type	East Indiaman
Captured	9.8.1780	ref:300
Becomes	Spanish Fifth Rate frigate 'Santa Balbina' (1780) (34) 1780-1794 Spanish 34 Gun 5th Rate Frigate

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:300
Burthen1723Tons BM

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
9.8.1780130 ref:1772

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:1772 Periodical

ref:300Unknown, Web Site

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Posted by Jon Miller on Saturday 20th of June 2026 13:02

The Hilsborough packet, that sailed from Jamaica in April last, and was taken by six American privateers, is retaken by a Bermudas privateer, and carried into Bermudas: she had a great quantity of silver on board when she was first captured, but it is said the privateers soon lightened her of that burden. [Exeter Flying Post, 18 August 1780]

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