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Nuestra Señora de Nieva Nuestra Señora de Nieba
Nominal Guns14ref:1899
NationalitySpain
OperatorPrivate Owners
First Mentioned1742ref:1899
Home PortBilbao - Biscay ref:1899
ShipyardUnknownref:1899
CategoryPrivateerref:1899
Ship TypePacket
Sailing RigShip Rigged
Captured24.5.1746ref:1899

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1743140 ref:1899

4 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
1742 - 12.1742Capitan de Corsario
Jose de LarreaSpanish
Privateer
Service 1742
ref:1900
1.1743 - 6.1743Capitan de Corsario
Tomas de EspañaSpanish
Privateer
Service 1743-1744
GDM01
6.1743 - Capitan de Corsario
Juan de ZurbaránSpanish
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1742-1743
ref:1899
1744 - Capitan de Corsario
Francisco BonaceliSpanish
Privateer
Service 1743
ref:1900

Service History


DateEventSource
22.1.1742/43

Capture the english brig Ann & Mary (90 Tn), Capt. Nicholas Greble, from Lisbon to Biddeford

TGM
13.3.1743Took the Merchant
Jupiter (18) 1742-1743
British 18 Gun
Merchant Unknown
losing Condestable killed and six sailors wounded
GDM01
27.4.1743

captures the English patache Malchon (120Tn), Capt. Peter Espinck, from Newcastle to Lisbon.

GDM01
27.4.1743

Capture of the English brig Prince of Orange (130Tn), Capt. Thomas Franklin, Portsmouth to Lisbon.

GDM01
bef.22.2.1744

With privateer El Extravagante captures:

1.- english ship Juan y Juana

2.- english ship Gibraltar

GDM01
29.4.1744

Capture english ship Mary, Capt. Jhon Rowinson, Virginia to England

GDM01
c.5.1744

Capture:

1.- English ship Poca Fuerza, Capt. Thomas Gladman, Irland to Amsterdam

2.- English brig Buena Conducta, Capt. Thomas Hill, New England to Lisbon

GDM01
1746Issued with a Letter of Marque as a 16 gun Privateer Packetref:1900
8.6.1746

Capture the englis sloop Good Success (100Tn), Joseph Welcome, Plymouth to Ireland

GDM01
14.11.1746

Capture the english schooner Swallow, Capt. William Malgridge, Newfoundland to Plymouth

GDM01

 
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