Item
Captured ship: [name unknown]: see HCA 32/143/26.
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/143/31
Date: 1745
Captured ship: [name unknown]: see HCA 32/143/26.
Item
Commander: Thomas Beckford. Ship: Dartmouth. Burden: 450 tons. Crew: 90. Owners:...
Catalogue reference: HCA 26/15/71
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- HCA 26/15/71
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- 1710 November 30
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Commander: Thomas Beckford.
Ship: Dartmouth.
Burden: 450 tons.
Crew: 90.
Owners: William Beckford, John Durrell, James Ward, Robert Vansittart and Francis Acton of London, merchants, and Thomas Beckford.
Lieutenant: Thomas Gardner.
Gunner: Christopher Portray.
Boatswain: John Price.
Carpenter: Robert Leonard.
Cook: Abraham Crosier
Surgeon: Richard Hurt.
Armament: 30 guns.
Folio: 74
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- The National Archives, Kew
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HCA 26
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Registers of Declarations for Letters of Marque
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