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Reprisal

29014
Nominal Guns10ref:1290
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired10.11.1744ref:1290
ShipyardUnknownref:1290
CategoryPrivateerref:1290
Ship TypeSloopref:1290
Last knownaft.3.11.1747ref:1290

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1290
Burthen90Ton 

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
10.11.174480 ref:1290
18.1.1744/4553 ref:1925
25.5.174590 ref:1290
3.11.174770 ref:1290

3 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
10.11.1744 - Captain
John HopkinsBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1746
ref:1290
21.5.1745 - 2.1746Captain
John HopkinsBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1746
† Discharged Dead
ref:1290
3.11.1747 - Captain
Joseph ArnoldBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1759
ref:1290

8 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1744Second Lieutenant
William BrownBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1747
ref:1293
1744 - 1745Second Lieutenant
Joseph ArnoldBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1759
ref:1293
1746First Lieutenant
Joseph ArnoldBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1759
ref:1293
1746Second Lieutenant
Archibald YeatsBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1747
ref:1293
1747Second Lieutenant
William BrownBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1747
ref:1293
1747Second Lieutenant
Thomas ThompsonBritish
Privateer
Service 1743-1762
ref:1293
1747Lieutenant
Oliver HuntBritish
Privateer
Service 1746-1747
ref:1293
1747First Lieutenant
George CrowBritish
Privateer
Service 1745-1747
ref:1293

23 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1744 - Boatswain
Thomas AustinBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1747
ref:1293
1744Carpenter
John McLoveBritish
Privateer
Service 1744
ref:1293
1744Master
Jeremiah JenckesBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1747
ref:1293
1744Master
Archibald YeatsBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1747
ref:1293
1744Gunner
John DunwellBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1746
ref:1293
1744Carpenter
James StoneBritish
Privateer
Service 1744
ref:1293
1744Boatswain
Thomas DavisBritish
Privateer
Service 1744
ref:1293
1745Boatswain
Henry SinedoerBritish
Privateer
Service 1745
ref:1293
1745Gunner
Godfrey HanleyBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1747
ref:1293
1745Carpenter
Thomas EddyBritish
Privateer
Service 1745
ref:1293
1745 - 1746Master
George CrowBritish
Privateer
Service 1745-1747
ref:1293
1746Quartermaster
John ThompsonBritish
Privateer
Service 1745-1746
ref:1293
1746Boatswain
John MorrisonBritish
Privateer
Service 1746
ref:1293
1746Surgeon
Ebenezer MoreheadBritish
Privateer
Service 1746
ref:1293
1746Gunner
John DunwellBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1746
ref:1293
1746 - 1747Carpenter
John MooreBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1747
ref:1293
1747 - Boatswain
Thomas AustinBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1747
ref:1293
1747Quartermaster
LyonBritish
Privateer
Service 1747
ref:1293
1747Master
Jeremiah JenckesBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1747
ref:1293
1747Gunner
Godfrey HanleyBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1747
ref:1293
1747Gunner
Samuel DunwellBritish
Privateer
Service 1747
ref:1293
1747Master
Archibald YeatsBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1747
ref:1293
1747Boatswain
William DouglassBritish
Privateer
Service 1747
ref:1293

11 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
1744Quartermaster
Henry DunbarBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1747
ref:1293
1744Mate
Silvester SweetBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1747
ref:1293
1744Quartermaster
Philemon SaundersBritish
Privateer
Service 1744
ref:1293
1744Quartermaster
John McKusickBritish
Privateer
Service 1744
ref:1293
1745Quartermaster
Archibald YeatsBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1747
ref:1293
1745Mate
John TillinghurstBritish
Privateer
Service 1745
ref:1293
1746Mate
Oliver HuntBritish
Privateer
Service 1746-1747
ref:1293
1746Quartermaster
Richard ThompsonBritish
Privateer
Service 1746-1747
ref:1293
1747Quartermaster
Henry DunbarBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1747
ref:1293
1747Mate
Silvester SweetBritish
Privateer
Service 1744-1747
ref:1293
1747Mate
StevensBritish
Privateer
Service 1747
ref:1293

1 Crewman


DatesRatingNameSource
1744Unknown
John McKusickBritish
Privateer
Service 1744
ref:1293

Service History


DateEventSource
18.1.1744/45

Captures a 200-ton snow, 12 cannons and 30-man crew on its way from Martineco to Nantz after a five-hour battle in which the privateer had one dead and the merchantman seven.

ref:1925
18.1.1744/45Issued with a Letter of Marque as a 12 gun Privateer Sloopref:1925


Notes on Ship


Letter of Marqueref:1290

1744, Nov. 10. Reprisal. Sloop. Tons 90. Men 80. Guns 10.

Commander, John Hopkins.

Bond. £1500.

Bonders, John Hopkins, mariner, Providence, principal; Stephen Hopkins and John Andrews, both gentlemen, Providence, and Joseph Lippitt, distiller, Warwick, equippers, sureties.

Witnesses, Jeremiah Jencks, James Martin.

N. P. V, 322.

 

1745, May 21. Reprisal. Sloop. Tons 90. Men 90. Guns: 24 carriage.

Commander, John Hopkins.

Bond. £1500.

Bonders, John Hopkins, mariner, Providence, principal; Stephen Hopkins and John Mawney, merchants and equippers, Edward Arnold, yeomen, all of Providence and Joseph Lippitt, equipper, Warwick, sureties.

Witnesses, Gideon Freeborn, Junr., James Martin.

N. P. V, 372.

 

1747, Nov. 3. Reprisal. Sloop. Tons 90. Men 70. Guns: 12 carriage.

Commander, Joseph Arnold.

Bond. £1500.

Bonders, Joseph Arnold, mariner, Providence, principal; Daniel Updike, Esq., Newport, Jeremiah Lippitt, merchant, Warwick; John Andrew, merchant, Providence, sureties.

Equippers, Stephen Hopkins and Obadiah Brown & Co., Providence, merchants.

Witnesses, Daniel Bateman, John Grelea, Junr.

N. P. V, 545.



 
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