British Privateer 'Levant Galley' (1741)

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Levant Galley

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Levant
Nominal Guns24ref:1846
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorPrivate Owners
First Mentioned3.1.1740/41ref:1846
Home PortBristol - England ref:1846
ShipyardUnknownref:1846
CategoryPrivateerref:1846
Ship TypeUnknown
Last known1749ref:1846

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1846
Burthen250Ton 

Owners


DatesOwnerSource
1741/01/03 - 1748
James LarocheBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1739-1761
,
Isaac HobhouseBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1740-1748
,
William OliverBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1741-1748
,
Edward OliverBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1741-1748
,
Henry GresleyBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1741-1748
,
Humphrey FitzherbertBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1739-1748
,
Michael WhiteBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1702-1748
,
Thomas SmithBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1708-1748
Ownerref:1846

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
174160 ref:1846

3 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
3.1.1740/41 - bef.1.1745Captain
Joseph PittmanBritish
Privateer
Service 1741-1745
ref:184613.3.1744/45 - bef.1.1746Captain
James PhelpsBritish
Privateer
Service 1740-1746
ref:18465.10.1746 - 5.1.1747/48Captain
William MillerBritish
Privateer
Service 1746-1779
ref:1846

Service History


DateEventSource
3.1.1740/41Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1846
4.3.1740/41

Arrived at Dover from Plymouth

ref:946
22.8.1743Sailed from Deal ref:946
10.11.1743Sailed from Deal ref:946
12.1743

sailed from Jamaica Jamaica

ref:1846
23.3.1743/44

Arrived at Bristol from Jamaica

ref:946
11.1744

Sailed from Jamaica

ref:1846
3.1744/45

Arrived at Bristol from Jamaica

ref:1846
13.3.1744/45Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1846
5.10.1746Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1846
5.1.1747/48

100 leagues West of Cape Clear the Levant was captured by the Spanish privateer Grand Begonia Cape Clear

ref:1846
5.1.1747/48Taken by
La Insigne Begoña (28) 1741-1748
Spanish 28 Gun
Privateer Frigate
ref:1846
5.1.1747/48Taken by
Grand Begonia (34) 1747-1748
Spanish 34 Gun
Privateer Unknown
100 leagues West of Cape Clearref:1846
7.1.1747/48

The Levant was retaken by HMS Thetis 32, and sent into Kinsale

ref:1846
7.1.1747/48Taken by
Thetis (44) 1747-1767
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship
ref:1846
8.1.1747/48Arrived at Kinsale ref:1846
aft.1749

Collision with Boscawen merchant, Capt. Richar Crabb

ref:946

 
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