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Prince Frederick

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Nominal Guns18ref:1290
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired28.11.1745ref:1290
ShipyardUnknownref:1290
CategoryPrivateerref:1290
Ship TypeBrigantineref:1290
Last known1749ref:1290

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1290
Burthen170Ton 

3 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
28.11.1745 - Captain
Peter MarshallBritish
Privateer
Service 1742-1747
ref:1290
28.5.1747 - 1748Captain
Ebenezer TrowbridgeBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1748
ref:1290
1749Captain
Elisha JohnsonBritish
Privateer
Service 1747-1749
ref:1293

4 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1745 - 1746First Lieutenant
Ebenezer TrowbridgeBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1748
ref:1293
1745 - 1746Second Lieutenant
Alexander McDonaldBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1747
ref:1293
1747Lieutenant
Alexander McDonaldBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1747
ref:1293
1748First Lieutenant
Daniel FonesBritish
Privateer
Service 1748-1760
ref:1293

11 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1745Quartermaster
Paul TewBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1757
ref:1293
1745Boatswain
Thomas GoodmanBritish
Privateer
Service 1745
ref:1293
1745Master
John AmoryBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1745
ref:1293
1745 - 1747Carpenter
John MartindaleBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1747
ref:1293
1746Surgeon
Anthony VigneronBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1746
ref:1293
1746Master
Henry StevensonBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1748
ref:1293
1746Gunner
Godfrey HanleyBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1747
ref:1293
1746Boatswain
William WoodwardBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1747
ref:1293
1747 - Boatswain
Thomas AustinBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1747
ref:1293
1747Gunner
Richard SmithBritish
Privateer
Service 1747
ref:1293
1747Master
Seth HarveyBritish
Privateer
Merchant Sailor
Service 1747-1757
ref:1293

5 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
1745Mate
John MundunBritish
Privateer
Service 1745-1746
ref:1293
1745Mate
Caleb JefferiesBritish
Privateer
Service 1745
ref:1293
1746Master's Mate
John MundunBritish
Privateer
Service 1745-1746
ref:1293
1747Quartermaster
Mark Anthony de WolfBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1758
ref:1293
1748 - Captain's Clerk
Roger BowBritish
Privateer
Service 1748
ref:1293

Service History


DateEventSource
6.10.1747Capture of the Glorioso


Notes on Ship


Letter of Marqueref:1290

1745, Nov. 28. Prince Frederick. Brigantine. Tons 170. Men 125. Guns: 18 carriage.

Commander, Peter Marshall.

Bond. £1500.

Bonders, Peter Marshall, mariner, principal; Jonathan Nichols, William Read, and William Corey, merchants and equippers, sureties; all of Newport.

Witnesses, Thomas Rice, Jas. Martin.

N. P. V, 465.

 

1747, May 28. Prince Frederick. Brigantine. Tons 170. Men 115. Guns: 18 carriage.

Commander, Ebenezer Trowbridge.

Bond. £1500.

Bonders, Ebenezer Trowbridge, mariner, principal; Jonathan Nichols, William Reade, William Corey, merchants and equippers, sureties; all of Newport.

Witnesses, Cuthbert Campbell, Samuel Holmes.

N. P. V, 513.



 
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