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Dolphin

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Nominal GunsUnknownref:1257
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired21.2.1761ref:1257
Home PortWesterly - Rhode Island ref:1257
ShipyardUnknownref:1257
CategoryPrivateerref:1257
Ship TypeBrigantineref:1257
Last known1762ref:1257

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1290
Displacement140Tons and Tonnage 

Owners


DatesOwnerSource
1761 - 1762
Naphtali HartBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1761-1762
,
Gideon SissonBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1761-1762
,
Francis HoneymanBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1761-1762
ref:1291

3 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
1758Captain
Owen Ring WarnerBritish
Privateer
Service 1758-1761
ref:1257
21.2.1761 - 1761Captain
Owen Ring WarnerBritish
Privateer
Service 1758-1761
ref:1257
1762Captain
Thomas RodmanBritish
Privateer
Service 1762
ref:1257


Notes on Ship


Letter of Marqueref:1290

1761, Feb. 21. Dolphin. Brigantine. Tons 150.

Commander, Owen Ring Warner.

Bond. £1500.

Bonders, Owen Ring Warner, gentleman, principal;

Naphtali Hart, Isaac Hart, Francis Honyman,

Gideon Sisson, merchants, equippers and owners, sureties; all of Newport. Isaac Hart did not sign bond.

Witnesses, Saml. Freebody, Esther Ward.

N. P. VII, 160. Marine Bonds.

 

1762, Jan. 18. Dolphin. Brigantine. Tons 140.

Commander, Thomas Rodman.

Bond. £1500.

Bonders, Thomas Rodman, gentleman, principal;

Naphtali Hart, Francis Honyman, and Gideon

Sisson, merchants, owners and equippers, sureties; all of Newport.

Witnesses, Henry Ward, Henry Sherburne.

N. P. VII, 249. Marine Bonds.



 
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