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White Angel

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Nominal GunsUnknownref:1846
NationalityKingdom of England
OperatorPrivate Owners
First Mentioned7.7.1626ref:1846
Home PortBristol - England ref:1846
ShipyardUnknownref:1846
CategoryPrivateerref:1846
Ship TypeUnknown
Last known4.11.1628ref:1846

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1846
Burthen130Ton 

Owners


DatesOwnerSource
1626/07/07 - 1628/01/04
Giles ElbridgeBritish
Ship Owner
Service 1626-1630
Owner
ref:1846
1628/11/04 - 1628
Christopher BirckettBritish
Ship Owner
Privateer
Service 1628-1630
Owner
ref:1846

1 Ship Commander


DatesRankNameSource
4.1.1627/28 - 4.11.1628Captain
Christopher BirckettBritish
Ship Owner
Privateer
Service 1628-1630
ref:1846


Notes on Ship


letter of marqueref:1846

date                  ship                     commander                   owner

07/07/1626      White Angel                                               Giles Elbridge                    with pinnace Fortune, 30 tons

04/01/1628     White Angel         Christopher Burkett        Giles Elbridge

04/11/1628     White Angel         Christopher Burkett        Christopher Burkett


serviceref:1846

John Barker and Company, writing on 3rd February, 1631, to Captain Thomas James, who was preparing for his North-West Passage voyage, state that “it will be very difficult for us to procure a fit ship suddenly; for the White Angel will not be had, and the William and John is not arrived, nor expected this month.” If the former had been available James might have sailed in her instead of the Henrietta Maria



 
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