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Boscawen | 22811 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 30 | ||
| Nationality | Great Britain | ||
| Operator | Private Owners | ||
| Previously | British Sixth Rate frigate 'Medea' (1744) (26)
1744-1745 British 26 Gun 6th Rate Frigate | ||
| Purchased | 3.1744/45 | ||
| Home Port | Dartmouth - Devon | ||
| Shipyard | Brest - Brittany | ||
| Category | Privateer | ||
| Ship Type | Frigate | ||
| Sailing Rig | Ship Rigged | ||
| Wrecked | 24.11.1745 | ||
Joined privateer Sheerness at sea and on 24 May, 1745 in company, captured 5 French merchant ships and sank 1 from a convoy of 8 ships. for names see Sheerness
ref:1846Arrived with privateer Sheerness and 5 French merchant prizes at Bristol
ref:1846Fell in with privateer Duke of Bedford, cruised in company until after 12/11/1745
ref:1846On 12 November, 1745, when blowing hard, the Duke of Bedford being alongside, the Boscawen’s main yard came down on deck, through the carrying away of the strop of a jeer-block. Although there were sixty men on the yard, and the starboard yard-arm went well into the sea, not a man was hurt or drowned.
ref:1846wrecked at Saint Ives Saint Ives
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