British sloop 'Badger' (1782)

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Badger			7489
Nominal Guns	18
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Purchased	12.7.1782
Shipyard	Unknown
Category	Unrated
Ship Type	Sloop
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Deleted from list	1.5.1783

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
28.10.1781 - 10.7.1782Commander ADM 6/22/517BWAS-171410.7.1782 - 1.5.1783Commander ADM 6/23/22
Issued by , Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 30.1.1793ADM 6/23

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
10.7.1782 - 1.5.1783GunnerADM 29-1

Service History

DateEventSource
12.7.1782Purchased at Jamaica - Greater Antilles at a cost of £4398.1.8dBWAS-1714
1.5.1783Paid off at Port Royal and disposed ofBWAS-1714

Notes on Ship

OriginBWAS-1714
Americna mercantile Hercules

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 29-1 Document

ADM 6/23 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Bob Brooks on Wednesday 17th of April 2013 21:28

Safry Hills never commanded this ship-rigged Badger, Sloop, but was the last commander 28 Oct 1780-02 July 1782 of the prior brig-rigged Badger, Sloop (Nelson's prior command)

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