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Fame

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Nominal Guns24ref:1290
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1.2.1744/45ref:1290
ShipyardUnknownref:1290
CategoryPrivateerref:1290
Ship TypeShipref:1290
Last known1745ref:1290

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1290
Displacement260Ton 

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1.2.1744/45150 ref:1290

1 Ship Commander


DatesRankNameSource
1744 - 1745Captain
Thomas ThompsonBritish
Privateer
Service 1743-1762
ref:1290


Notes on Ship


Letter of Marqueref:1290

1744-5, Feb. 1. Fame. Ship. Tons 260. Men 150. Guns: 24 carriage.

Commander, Thomas Thompson.

Bond. £1500.

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

Witnesses, Samuel Nixon, James Martin.

N. P. V. 349



 
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