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Fame

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Nominal GunsUnknownref:1290
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired25.8.1742ref:1290
ShipyardUnknownref:1290
CategoryPrivateerref:1290
Ship TypeSchoonerref:1290
Last known1744ref:1290

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1290
Displacement50Ton 

Owners


DatesOwnerSource
1742
Philip WilkinsonBritish
Ship Owner
Privateer
Service 1740-1756
,
Daniel AyraultBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1742-1744
ref:1291

2 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
25.8.1742 - 1743Captain
John GriffithBritish
Ship Owner
Privateer
Service 1742-1758
ref:1290
9.9.1743 - Captain
Clement LempriereBritish
Privateer
Service 1743
ref:1290

2 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1744 - Second Lieutenant
Elias AyraultBritish
Privateer
Service 1744
ref:1293
1744First Lieutenant
Arthur FlemingBritish
Privateer
Service 1744
ref:1293

6 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1744 - Boatswain
Thomas BoasBritish
Privateer
Service 1744
ref:1293
1744 - 1744Gunner
John EllisonBritish
Privateer
Service 1743-1744
ref:1293
1744Quartermaster
Caleb PhillipsBritish
Privateer
Service 1744
ref:1293
1744Surgeon
Samuel NixonBritish
Privateer
Service 1743-1744
ref:1293
1744Carpenter
John GodfreyBritish
Privateer
Service 1744
ref:1293
1744Master
Arthur FlemingBritish
Privateer
Service 1744
ref:1293

1 Petty Officer


DatesRatingNameSource
1744Mate
John PelhamBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1745
ref:1293


Notes on Ship


Letter of Marqueref:1290

1742, Aug. 25. Fame. Schooner. Tons 50.

Commander, John Griffith.

Bond. £1500.

Bonders, John Griffith, mariner, principal; Philip Wilkinson and Daniel Ayrault, Jr., merchants and equippers, sureties; all of Newport.

Witnesses, John Tillinghast, James Martin.

N. P. V. 77.

 

1743, Sept. 9. Fame. Schooner. Tons 50.

Commander, Clement Lempriere.

Bond. £1500.

Bonders, Clement Lempriere, mariner, principal; Philip Wilkinson and Daniel Ayrault, Jr., merchants and equippers, sureties; all of Newport.

Witnesses, James Martin, Arthur Wilkinson.

N. P. V, 161.



 
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