British Merchant east indiaman 'Princess Augusta' (1753)

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Princess Augusta
Nominal Guns	26	HCA26
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Launched	1753	HCA26
First Commissioned	24.11.1756	HCA26
How acquired	Purpose built	HCA26
Shipyard	Unknown	HCA26
Category	Merchant	HCA26
Ship Type	East Indiaman	HCA26
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	HCA26
Last known	1766	HCA26

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentHCA26
Burthen499Tons BM

Armament

24.11.1756Broadside Weight UnknownHCA26
Gun Deck26 Carriage Guns

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1756/11/24 - 1756, , , , HCA26

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
24.11.1756499 HCA26

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
24.11.1756 - 1756CaptainHCA26

Service History

DateEventSource
24.11.1756Issued with a Letter of Marque as a 26 gun Privateer East IndiamanEICS

Notes on Ship

Letter of MarqueHCA26

HCA 26/6/104 1756 November 24

Commander: Thomas Baddison.

Ship: Princess Augusta. .

Burden: 499 tons.

Crew: 99.

Owners: The duchess of Norfolk, Lady Hallidine Pelham, Charles Raymond, Sherman Godfrey, William Walls, David Finlay, Charles Pole and Samuel Fouchet.

Lieutenant: John Hayes.

Gunner: John Ritchie.

Boatswain: Thomas Williams.

Carpenter: John Storey.

Surgeon: Archibald Murray.

Cook: Robert Buchanan.

Armament: 26 carriage guns.

Folio: 107

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

EICSAndrea Cordani, Cy Harrison, Web Site

HCA26Authority, Web Site

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