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Pitt

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Nominal Guns50ref:925
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorEast India Company
Launched1757ref:925
How acquiredPurpose builtref:925
ShipyardUnknownref:925
CategoryMerchantref:925
Ship TypeEast Indiamanref:925
Sailing RigShip Riggedref:925
Last known1765ref:925

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentHCA26
Burthen800Tons BM 
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:925
Burthen600Tons BM 

Armament


26.1.1758Broadside Weight UnknownHCA26
Gun Deck50 Carriage Guns

Owners


DatesOwnerSource
1758/01/26 - 1759
Charles PoleBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1756-1760
,
Sir Charles Raymond (1st Baronet)British
Ship Owner
Merchant Sailor
Service 1735-1789
HCA26
1761/03/15 - 1765/10/06
Sir Charles Raymond (1st Baronet)British
Ship Owner
Merchant Sailor
Service 1735-1789
ref:925

3 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
26.1.1758 - 1759Captain
William WillsonBritish
Privateer
Merchant Sailor
Service 1758-1759
HCA26
15.3.1761 - 28.7.1762Captain (HEIC)
Joseph JacksonBritish
Merchant Sailor
Service 1761-1770
ref:925
21.3.1763 - 6.10.1765Captain (HEIC)
Joseph JacksonBritish
Merchant Sailor
Service 1761-1770
ref:925

Service History


DateEventSource
26.1.1758Issued with a Letter of Marque as a 50 gun Privateer East IndiamanHCA26
15.3.1761

2nd Voyage. Sailed from Plymouth for Fort Saint george and China.

ref:925
28.7.1762

Arrived at The Downs

ref:925
21.3.1763

3rd Voyage. Sailed from The Downs for the Coromandel Coast and China.

ref:925
6.10.1765

Arrived at The Downs

ref:925


Notes on Ship


2nd Voyageref:925

FORT ST. GEORGE & CHINA.
(Charles Raymond, Esq.)
Capt. Joseph Jackson
1 Jeffery Jackson
2 Philip L'Geyt
3 Robert Moore
4 Stephen Williams
Sur. Alexander Henderson
Pur. John Miller
Sailed Plym. 15 Mar. 1761
Arr. Downs, 28 July, 1762


3rd Voyageref:925

499 Tons, 3 Voyage,
COAST AND CHINA.
(Charles Raymond, Esq.)
Capt. Joseph Jackson
1 Jeffrey Jackson
2 Samuel Hutchinson
3 Zachary Allnut
4 William Thomson
Sur. Alexander Henderson
Pur. Robert Andrews
Sailed Downs, 21 Mar. 1763
Arr, ditto, 6 Oct. 1765


Letter of MarqueHCA26
HCA 26/8/176 1758 January 26

Commander: William Willson.

Ship: Pitt.

Burden: 800 tons.

Crew: 250.

Owners: Messrs Raymond and Godfrey of London, merchants, and Charles Pole.

Lieutenant: Joseph Jackson.

Gunner: John Pemberton.

Boatswain: John Hodges.

Carpenter: Robert Truelove.

Surgeon: Alexander Henderson.

Cook: Aaron Spray.

Armament: 50 carriage guns.

Folio: 177.

Note that the Dispatch received a similar commission.



 
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