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Diamond

28785
Nominal GunsUnknownref:1257
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired10.5.1762ref:1257
First Commissioned1762ref:1257
ShipyardUnknownref:1257
CategoryPrivateerref:1257
Ship TypeSloopref:1257
Last known1762ref:1257

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1290
Displacement20Ton 

Owners


DatesOwnerSource
1762
Joseph WantonBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1744-1762
,
Naphtali HartBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1761-1762
ref:1291

1 Ship Commander


DatesRankNameSource
10.5.1762 - 1762Captain
James RamseyBritish
Privateer
Service 1762
ref:1257


Notes on Ship


Letter of Marqueref:1290

1762, May 10. Diamond. Sloop. Tons 20.

Commander, James Ramsay.

Bond. £1500 and additional bond of £10,000 not to carry soldiers.

Bonders, James Ramsay, gentleman, New York, principal; Joseph Wanton, Jr., Naphtali Hart, merchants, Newport, and James Ramsay, sureties, equippers.

Witnesses, Henry Ward, Henry Sherburne.

N. P. VII, 312. Marine Bonds.



 
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