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28735
Nominal GunsUnknownref:1257
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1757ref:1257
ShipyardUnknownref:1257
CategoryPrivateerref:1257
Ship TypeBrigantineref:1257
Captured20.4.1759ref:1257

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1290
Burthen130Ton 

1 Ship Commander


DatesRankNameSource
4.11.1758 - 20.4.1759Captain
Silas CookBritish
Privateer
Service 1758-1760
ref:1290

1 Warrant Officer


DatesRankNameSource
1758Seaman
ArnoldBritish
Privateer
Service 1758
ref:1257

1 Petty Officer


DatesRatingNameSource
4.1758 - Prize Master
Peter RittoBritish
Privateer
Service 1758
ref:1257

9 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
1757Seaman
Amos BowenBritish
Privateer
Service 1757
ref:1257
1757 - 21.12.1757Seaman
Benjamin SmithBritish
Privateer
Service 1757
ref:1257
1757 - 1758Seaman
George HopkinsBritish
Privateer
Soldier
Service 1756-1758
ref:1257
aft.1758 - Seaman
Manuel BlarBritish
Privateer
Service 1758
ref:1257
1758Seaman
Samuel WilkinsonBritish
Privateer
Service 1758
ref:1257
1758Seaman
Solomon CoggeshallBritish
Privateer
Service 1758-1759
ref:1257
1758 - 4.1758Seaman
Peter RittoBritish
Privateer
Service 1758
ref:1257
1759Seaman
William LawrenceBritish
Privateer
Service 1759
ref:1257
1759Seaman
Ichabod IresonBritish
Privateer
Service 1759
ref:1257


Notes on Ship


Letter of Marqueref:1290

1758, Nov. 4. Providence. Brigantine. Tons 130.

Commander, Silas Cook.

Bond. £1500.

Bonders, Silas Cook, mariner, principal; Esek Hopkins and George Corlis, merchants, sureties; all of Providence.

Equippers, Esek Hopkins, George Corlis, Allen Brown, Benjamen Smith, Benjamen Bowen, Joseph Russel, John Brown, and Nicholas Cook, merchants; all of Providence.

Witnesses, Stephen Hopkins, O. Brown.

N. P. VII, 101. Marine Bonds.



 
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