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Black Snake

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Nominal GunsUnknownref:1257
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired20.11.1756ref:1257
First Commissioned1758ref:1257
ShipyardUnknownref:1257
CategoryPrivateerref:1257
Ship TypeSloopref:1257
Captured6.1.1759ref:1257

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1290
Displacement50Ton 

2 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
1756 - 1757Captain
Nathaniel SweetingBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1757
ref:1257
24.10.1757 - 6.1.1759Captain
John RandallBritish
Privateer
Service 1757-1759
ref:1257


Notes on Ship


Letter of Marqueref:1290

1756, Nov. 20. Black Snake. Sloop. Tons 50.

Commander, Nathaniel Sweeting.

Bond. £1500.

Bonders, Nathaniel Sweeting, merchant, principal; 

Joseph Whipple, James Brown, merchants and equippers, sureties; all of Providence.

Witnesses, Edward Thurston, James Coggeshall.

N. P. VI, 235. Marine Bonds.

 

1757, Oct. 24, Black Snake. Sloop. Tons 50.

Commander, John Randall.

Bond. Not recorded.

Equippers, Nathaniel Sweeting, James Brown, John Randall, merchants, and John Andrews, Esq.; all of Providence.

N. P. VI, 444.

 

1758, Nov. 8. Black Snake. Sloop.

Commander, John Randall.

Bond.. £1500.

Bonders, John Randall, mariner, Providence, principal; Jacob Whitman and James Brown, merchants, Providence, sureties.

Witnesses, Grindall Rawson, Samuel Nightingale, Junr.

N. P. VII, 108. Marine Bonds.



 
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