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Esther

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Nominal Guns6BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Presented1760BWAS-1714
ShipyardUnknownBWAS-1714
CategoryHired VesselBWAS-1714
Ship TypeCutterBWAS-1714
Bought by the Navy25.1.1763BWAS-1714
Becomes
British cutter 'Esther' (1763) (6) 1763-1779
British 6 Gun
Unrated Cutter

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck50' 0 ½"Imperial Feet15.2527 
Length of Keel33' 6 ¾"Imperial Feet10.0775 
Breadth23' 10"Imperial Feet7.0104 
Depth in Hold8' 3 ¼"Imperial Feet2.4448 
Burthen101 3894Tons BM 

Service History


DateEventSource
24.6.1760

Lieutenant Pinfold , commanding the Esther Cutter, gives an account of his having taken and brought into Yarmouth Roads, a small snow from Dunkirk carrying 6 3-pounders and 6 swivels with 34 mens (date of account , not of the capture)

 

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