British Privateer 'Tigress' (1747)

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Tigress
Nominal Guns	24	ref:1846
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Private Owners
First Mentioned	30.6.1747	ref:1846
Home Port	Bristol - England	ref:1846
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:1846
Category	Privateer	ref:1846
Ship Type	Unknown
Last known	6.12.1748	ref:1846

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1846
Burthen260Ton

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1747/06/30 - 1748/12/06 Miller, French & Co.ref:1846

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
30.6.1747200 ref:1846

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
30.6.1747 - bef.6.12.1748Captainref:18466.12.1748 - Captainref:1846

Service History

DateEventSource
30.6.1747Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1846
6.12.1748Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1846

Notes on Ship

Serviceref:1846

consort of the privateer Tiger

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:1846J W Damer Powell, Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Jon Miller on Wednesday 20th of May 2026 13:02

Bristol, 1 October 1748: By letters from France, to several persons in this city, we have advice that the French merchants are in great want of ships, occasioned by the frequent captures made by the English. On this account commissions have been sent to this port, Plymouth, London, &c, for the buying up of such ships as are offered to sale for their purpose; At those several ports divers privateers and merchantmen have been accordingly bought up, particularly at Bristol the Sheerness privateer, formerly a man of war in the Royal Navy, of twenty guns, &c. And as the sale of the Tyger and Tygress privateers come on this day, ’tis supposed they will go the same way. [Kentish Post, 8 October 1748]

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