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Nuestra Señora de Choro

20038
Nominal Guns8BG
NationalitySpain
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1740BWAS-1714
Home PortSan Sebastian - Spain BG
ShipyardUnknownBWAS-1714
CategoryPrivateerBG
Ship TypeUnknownBWAS-1714
Captured1.9.1740BWAS-1714

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1.9.174040 BG

Service History


DateEventSource
1.9.1740Taken by
Dolphin (20) 1732-1760
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
1755 Renamed "Firebrand"
1757 Renamed "Penquin"
in the Western Approaches
BWAS-1714


Notes on Ship


CaptureBG

Plymouth, September 11.
This day a Spanish Privateer of 40 men and 8 guns was brought into this place . She was taken the 1st Instant by His Majesty's Ship the Dolphin, in the Bay of Biscay, had been 2 days out of St. Sebastian, and was designed for a cruize between Scilly and Cape Clear.



 
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