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Soberbio | 6433 | ||
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| Sovervio Superbe Nuestra Señora de la Piedad | |||
| Nominal Guns | 16 | BWAS-1714 | |
| Nationality | Spain | ||
| Operator | Private Owners | ||
| Acquired | 1745 | BWAS-1714 | |
| Shipyard | Bilbao - Biscay | BWAS-1714 | |
| Category | Privateer | BWAS-1714 | |
| Ship Type | Sloop | BWAS-1714 | |
| Captured | 21.5.1745 | BWAS-1714 | |
| Becomes | British sloop 'Sapphire's Prize' (1745) (10)
1745-1745 British 10 Gun Unrated Sloop | ||
Capture english ship Marianne
GDM01Captures with Santa Barbara y San Antonio privateer:
1. - English ship Union (140Tn), Capt. Philip Payne, Carolina to London
2.- English ship Joven Juan (120 Tn), Capt. Diego Cox, St. Eustaquius to Amsterdam
GDM01Capture english ship Juana Maria (180 Tn), Capt. Mikel Obert (Irish), St. Cristoval island to London
GDM01Capture english ship Rubi (180 Tn), Capt. Henry Garner, Monserrat island to London
GDM01Capture the ship Fusister (250 Tn), Capt. Charles Stirman, England to New England. Transporting 150 men, youth and boys and 116 women and girls as settlers.
Together with the privateer ship of Jose Jordanes
GDM01Admiralty-Office, May 29 , 1745.
His Majesty's Ship the Saphire, commanded by Capt. Keppel, fell in on the 20th Instant, with a Spanish Privateer, between Cape Clear and the Old Head of Kinsale, and after some hours chase took her, and carried her into Kinsale. She proves to be the Superbe of Bilboa, of about 150 Tons, with 16 guns and 130 men, and is a prime sailor.