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The list of ship launches in 1797 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1797.
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Country
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Builder
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Location
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Ship
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Class
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Notes
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12 January
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Great Britain
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Perry
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Blackwall
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Earl Talbot
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East Indiaman
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For British East India Company.
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28 January
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Great Britain
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Perry
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Blackwall
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Ceres
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East Indiaman
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For British East India Company.
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28 January
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Batavian Republic
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Rotterdam
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Eendracht
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Fifth rate
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For Batavian Navy.[1]
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28 January
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Great Britain
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Deptford Dockyard
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Deptford
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Neptune
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Neptune-class ship of the line
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For Royal Navy.
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28 January
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Batavian Republic
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Rotterdam
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Oldenbarneveldt
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Third rate
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For Dutch East India Company.[2]
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29 January
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Great Britain
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Randall & Brent
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Rotherhithe
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Pigot
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East Indiaman
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Purchased by Royal Navy.
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7 February
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Great Britain
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Mrs Frances Barnard & Co.
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Deptford
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Crash
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Acute-class gunbrig
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For Royal Navy.
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13 February
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Great Britain
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George Parsons
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Bursledon
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Cambrian
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Fifth rate
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For Royal Navy.
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13 February
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Great Britain
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Randall
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Rotherhithe
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Coutts
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East Indiaman
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For British East India Company.
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13 February
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Great Britain
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John Wells
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Deptford
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Ganges
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East Indiaman
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For British East India Company.[3]
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22 February
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Ottoman Empire
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Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine
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Constantinople
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Selimiye
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First rate
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For Ottoman Navy.[4]
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27 February
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Great Britain
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Hall & Co.
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Limehouse
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Naiad
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Amazon-class frigate
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For Royal Navy.[5]
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11 March
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Great Britain
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Josiah & Thomas Brindley
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King's Lynn
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Victor
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Snake-class sloop
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For Royal Navy.[6]
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13 March
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Great Britain
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Richard Wells
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Rotherhithe
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GB No. 10
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Acute-class gunbrig
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For Royal Navy.[7]
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13 March
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Great Britain
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Thomas Pitcher
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Northfleet
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Hope
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Merchantman
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For Alexander Hume.
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13 March
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Great Britain
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William Cleverley
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Gravesend
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Hydra
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Fifth rate
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For Royal Navy.
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14 March
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Great Britain
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John Randall & Co.
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Rotherhithe
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Acasta
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Acasta-class frigate
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For Royal Navy
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14 March
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Great Britain
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Woolwich Dockyard
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Woolwich
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Centaur
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Mars-class ship of the line
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For Royal Navy.
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14 March
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Great Britain
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Joseph Graham
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Harwich
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Ethalion
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Artois-class frigate
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For Royal Navy.
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14 March
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Great Britain
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John Troughton
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Chester
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Eurydice
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Merchantman
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For John St Barbe.
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29 March
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Great Britain
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John Randall & Co.
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Rotherhithe
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Endymion
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Endymion-class frigate
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For Royal Navy.
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29 March
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Great Britain
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John Perry
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Blackwall
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GB No. 22
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Courser-class gunbrig
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For Royal Navy.[8]
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31 March
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Great Britain
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John Perry
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Blackwall
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GB No. 23
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Courser-class Gunvessel
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For Royal Navy.[9]
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1 April
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Great Britain
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John Perry
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Blackwall
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GB No. 24
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Courser-class gunbrig
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For Royal Navy.[10]
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4 April
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Great Britain
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Temple shipbuilders
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South Shields
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Northumberland
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Merchantman
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For J. Lyall.
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5 April
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Great Britain
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Mrs. Frances Barnard & Co.
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Deptford
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Crash
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Acute-class gunbrig
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For Royal Navy.
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10 April
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Great Britain
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John Randall
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Rotherhithe
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Asp
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Acute-class gunbrig
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For Royal Navy.
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10 April
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Great Britain
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Perry & Co.
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Blackwall
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Furnace
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Courser-class gunbrig
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For Royal Navy.
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10 April
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Great Britain
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John Randall
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Rotherhithe
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GB No. 4
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Acute-class gunvessel
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For Royal Navy.[11]
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10 April
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Great Britain
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Thomas Pitcher
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Northfleet
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Griper
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Courser-class gunbrig
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For Royal Navy.
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10 April
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Great Britain
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Thomas Pitcher
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Northfleet
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Growler
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Courser-class gunbrig
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For Royal Navy.
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11 April
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Great Britain
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Richard Wells
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Rotherhithe
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GB No. 9
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Acute-class gunvessel
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For Royal Navy.[12]
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11 April
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Great Britain
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Richard Wells
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Rotherhithe
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GB No. 11
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Acute-class gunbrig
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For Royal Navy.[13]
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11 April
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Great Britain
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Frances Barnard
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Deptford
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GB No. 16
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Acute-class gunbrig
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For Royal Navy.[14]
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12 April
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Great Britain
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Melhuish
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Limehouse
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Admiral Gardner
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East Indiaman
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For British East India Company.
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12 April
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Great Britain
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Balthazar Adams
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Bucklers Hard
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Boadicea
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Frigate
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For Royal Navy.[15]
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12 April
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Great Britain
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John Dudman
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Deptford
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Sirius
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Fifth rate
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For Royal Navy.[16]
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14 April
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Great Britain
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John Dudman & Co.
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Deptford
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Blazer
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Acute-class gunbrig
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For Royal Navy.
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15 April
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Great Britain
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William Cleverley
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Gravesend
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GB No. 30
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Courser-class gunbrig
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For Royal Navy.[17]
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22 April
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Great Britain
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Frances Barnard
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Deptford
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GB No. 17
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Acute-class gunbrig
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For Royal Navy.[18]
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24 April
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Great Britain
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Frances Barnard
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Deptford
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GB No. 18
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Acute-class gunbrig
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For Royal Navy.[19]
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24 April
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Great Britain
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Hill & Mellish
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Limehouse
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GB No. 19
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Courser-class gunbrig
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For Royal Navy.
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25 April
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Great Britain
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Robert Hill
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Limehouse
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GB No. 20
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Courser-class gunvessel
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For Royal Navy.[20]
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25 April
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Great Britain
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John Dudman & Co.
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Deptford
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Cracker
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Acute-class gunbrig
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For Royal Navy.
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28 April
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Great Britain
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Sunderland
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Clinker
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Acute-class gunbrig
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For Royal Navy. Subcontracted from John Dudman, Deptford.[21][22]
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April
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Great Britain
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John Randall
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Rotherhithe
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Acute
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Acute-class gunbrig
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For Royal Navy.
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April
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Great Britain
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John Randall
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Deptford
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GB No. 7
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Acute-class gunbrig
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For Royal Navy.
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April
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Great Britain
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Richard Wells
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Rotherhithe
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GB No. 8
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Acute-class gunbrig
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For Royal Navy.[23]
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April
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Great Britain
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Thomas Pitcher
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Northfleet
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GB No. 28
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Courser-class gunbrig
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For Navy.[24]
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April
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Great Britain
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Thomas Pitcher
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Northfleet
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GB No. 29
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Courser-class gunbrig
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For Royal Navy.[25]
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April
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Great Britain
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William Cleverley
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Gravesend
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GB No. 31
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Courser-class gunbrig
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For Royal Navy.[26]
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1 May
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Great Britain
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John Nicholson
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Rochester
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GB No. 44
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Gunvessel
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For Royal Navy.
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2 May
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Great Britain
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John Wilson & Co.
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Frindsbury
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GB No. 32
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Courser-class gunbrig
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For Royal Navy.[27]
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2 May
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Russia
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G. Ignatyev
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Archangelsk
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Severnyi Oryol
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Iaroslav-class ship of the line
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For Imperial Russian Navy.[28]
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10 May
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United States
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Joshua Humphreys
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Philadelphia
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United States
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Heavy frigate
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For United States Navy
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21 May
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Great Britain
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Hill & Mellish
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Limehouse
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Defender
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Courser-class gunbrig
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For Royal Navy
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26 May
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Russia
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G. Ignatyev
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Archangelsk
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Pobeda
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Aziia-class ship of the line
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For French Navy.[29]
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25 June
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France
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Jean-Jacques Aubazir
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Toulon
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Franklin
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Third rate
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For French Navy.[30]
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27 June
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France
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Antoine & Louis Crucy
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Nantes
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Créole
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Frigate
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For French Navy.
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29 June
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United States
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Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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Crescent
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Fifth rate
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For Algerian Navy.[31]
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June
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Great Britain
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John Wilson & Co
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Frindsbury
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GB No. 33
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Courser-class gunbrig
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For Royal Navy.[32]
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June
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France
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|
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L'Oiseau
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Privateer
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For private owner.[33]
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19 July
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Russia
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A. S. Katsanov
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Kherson
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Simion i Anna
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Sviatoi Pyotr-class ship of the line
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For Imperial Russian Navy.[34]
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22 August
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Republic of Venice
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Venice
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Muiron
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Frigate
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For French Navy
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7 September
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United States
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David Stodder
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Baltimore
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Constellation
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Frigate
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For United States Navy
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11 September
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Great Britain
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Thomas Pitcher
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Northfleet
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Tigress
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Courser-class gunbrig
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For Royal Navy.
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22 September
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France
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Cherbourg
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Furieuse
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Seine-class frigate
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For French Navy.
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September
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Great Britain
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Thomas King
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Dover
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Echo
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Echo-class brig
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For Royal Navy.
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5 October
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France
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Lorient
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Hercule
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Téméraire-class ship of the line
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For French Navy.
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7 October
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Great Britain
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Thomas Pitcher
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Northfleet
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Osprey
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Sloop-of-war
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For Royal Navy.[35]
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17 October
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France
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Bayonne
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Franchise
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Coquille-class frigate
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For French Navy.
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21 October
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United States
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Edmund Hartt
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Boston
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Constitution
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United States-class frigate
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For United States Navy
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30 November
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Batavian Republic
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Amsterdam
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Amphitrite
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Fifth rate
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For Batavian Navy.[36]
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3 November
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Great Britain
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John Dudman
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Deptford
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Buffalo
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Storeship
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For Royal Navy.
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9 November
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Spain
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Julian Martin de Retamosa
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El Ferrol
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Medea
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Fifth rate
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For Spanish Navy.[37]
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20 November
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Great Britain
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Joseph Graham
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Harwich
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Busy
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Brig-sloop
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For Royal Navy.
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24 November
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France
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Toulon
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Spartiate
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Téméraire-class ship of the line
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For French Navy.
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November
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France
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Bordeaux
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Confiance
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Corvette
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For French Navy.
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18 December
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Great Britain
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Balthazar & Edward Adams
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Bucklers Hard
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Snake
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Snake-class brig-sloop
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For Royal Navy.
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20 December
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Great Britain
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Stephen Teague
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Ipswich
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Cruizer
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Cruizer-class brig-sloop
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For Royal Navy
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December
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France
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Jean Baudry
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Bayonne
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Dédaigneuse
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Coquille-class frigate
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For French Navy.
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Unknown date
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Great Britain
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Nicholas Bools & William Good
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Bridport
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Active
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Brigantine
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For Arthur Wishart and others.[38]
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Unknown date
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Great Britain
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Sunderland
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Albion
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Merchantman
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For W. Robson.
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Unknown date
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Great Britain
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John & Philip Laing
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Sunderland
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Alfred
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Brig
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For Matthew Robson.[21]
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Unknown date
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India
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Bombay Dockyard
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Asia
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Full-rigged ship
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For British East India Company.[39]
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Unknown date
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Great Britain
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W. J. Bottomley
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King's Lynn
|
Auspicious
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East Indiaman
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For S. Baker.[40]
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Unknown date
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Ottoman Empire
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Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine
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Constantinople
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Badi-i Nusret
|
Second rate
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For Ottoman Navy.[41]
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Unknown date
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France
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Bordeaux
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Bellone
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Sixth rate
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For French Navy.
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Unknown date
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Ottoman Empire
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Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine
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Constantinople
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Beşaretnüma
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Third rate
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For Ottoman Navy.[42]
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Unknown date
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India
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Calcutta
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Bhavani
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Full-rigged ship
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For private owner.
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Unknown date
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France
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Nantes
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Brave
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Privateer
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For Benoit Boucard and others.
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Unknown date
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Great Britain
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Frances Barnard
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River Thames
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Caledonian
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Full-rigged ship
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For Robert Charnock.[43]
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Unknown date
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Great Britain
|
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Whitby
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Cambridge
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Merchantman
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For private owner.
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Unknown date
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Ottoman Empire
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Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine
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Constantinople
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Cengaver
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Sixth rate
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For Ottoman Navy.[44]
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Unknown date
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Great Britain
|
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Teignmouth
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Commerce
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Brig
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For private owner.
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Unknown date
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France
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|
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Cornélie
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Virginie-class frigate
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For French Navy.
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Unknown date
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Great Britain
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John & Philip Laing
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Sunderland
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Dane
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Merchantman
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For private owner.[21]
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Unknown date
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John Outerbridge
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Bermuda
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Dasher
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Dasher-class sloop
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For Royal Navy.[45]
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Unknown date
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Bermuda
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Nathaniel Tynes
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Bermuda
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Driver
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Dasher-class sloop
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For Royal Navy.[46]
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Unknown date
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Great Britain
|
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Liverpool
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Hannah
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Merchantman
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For private owner.
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Unknown date
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Lower Canada
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Quebec City
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Harbinger
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Brig
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For Michel Hogan.
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Unknown date
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United States
|
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Hassan Bashaw
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Sixth rate
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For Algerian Navy.[47]
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Unknown date
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Ottoman Empire
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Mustafa Molla
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Sinop
|
Hediyyetü'l Müluk
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Fifth rate
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For Ottoman Navy.[48]
|
Unknown date
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United States
|
|
Newburyport, Massachusetts
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Herald
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Merchantman
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For private owner.
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Unknown date
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Great Britain
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Thomas Hearn
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North Shields
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Hermes
|
Merchantman
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For private owner.
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Unknown date
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Batavian Republic
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Vlissingen
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Hippomenes
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Corvette
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For Batavian Navy.
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Unknown date
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Great Britain
|
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Aberdeen
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Jane
|
Whaler
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For private owner.
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Unknown date
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Great Britain
|
|
Lancaster
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Juno
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Merchantman
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For Mr. Hausman.
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Unknown date
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Sweden
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|
Umeå
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Kongen af Assianthe
|
Slave ship
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For Jeppe Prætorius & Co.
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Unknown date
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Brazil
|
|
São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos
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Le Buonaparte
|
Privateer
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For private owner.[49]
|
Unknown date
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France
|
|
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La Caroline
|
Privateer
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For private owner.[50]
|
Unknown date
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Republic of Venice
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|
Venice
|
La Harpe
|
Third rate
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Under construction for French Navy, seized by the Habsburg monarchy in November on the formation of the Venetian Province. Entered service with the Austrian Navy in 1799.[51]
|
Unknown date
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Republic of Venice
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|
Venice
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La Muiron
|
Third rate
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Under construction for French Navy, seized by the Habsburg monarchy in November on the formation of the Venetian Province. Entered service with the Austrian Navy in 1799.[52]
|
Unknown date
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Republic of Venice
|
|
Venice
|
Le Beyrand
|
Third rate
|
Under construction for French Navy, seized by the Habsburg monarchy in November on the formation of the Venetian Province. Entered service with the Austrian Navy in 1799.[53]
|
Unknown date
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Republic of Venice
|
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Venice
|
Le Stengel
|
Third rate
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Under construction for French Navy, seized by the Habsburg monarchy in November on the formation of the Venetian Province. Entered service with the Austrian Navy in 1799.[54]
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Unknown date
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United States
|
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
Lelah Eisha
|
Schooner
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For Algerian Navy.[55]
|
Unknown date
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France
|
|
|
Le President Parker
|
Privateer
|
For private owner.[56]
|
Unknown date
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Great Britain
|
Nicholas Bools & William Good
|
Bridport
|
Lively
|
Sloop
|
For John Bagwell, Nicholas Bools, William Good and Thomas Swain.[57]
|
Unknown date
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United States
|
|
|
Malta
|
Schooner
|
For Spanish Navy.[58]
|
Unknown date
|
Great Britain
|
|
Hull
|
Mildred
|
Merchantman
|
For Moxon & Co.
|
Unknown date
|
Great Britain
|
Hobbs & Hellyer
|
Redbridge
|
Millbrook
|
Schooner
|
For Royal Navy.[59]
|
Unknown date
|
Lower Canada
|
Patrick Beatson
|
Quebec City
|
Neptune
|
Merchantman
|
For Mr. Davidson.
|
Unknown date
|
Great Britain
|
|
Sunderland
|
Nowa
|
Merchantman
|
Forprivate owner.[21]
|
Unknown date
|
Great Britain
|
|
Broadstairs
|
Olive Branch
|
West Indiaman
|
For T. Brown.
|
Unknown date
|
Great Britain
|
|
Liverpool
|
Otter
|
West Indiaman
|
For Mr. Molyneux.
|
Unknown date
|
Great Britain
|
John Wright
|
Liverpool
|
Parr
|
Slave ship
|
For Thomas Parr.
|
Unknown date
|
Brazil
|
|
Pará
|
Pérola
|
Fifth rate
|
For Portuguese Navy.[60]
|
Unknown date
|
|
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Pará
|
Princesa Real
|
Sixth rate
|
For Portuguese Navy.[61]
|
Unknown date
|
France
|
|
|
Renard
|
Privateer
|
For private owner.
|
Unknown date
|
Great Britain
|
|
Hull
|
Roselle
|
West Indiaman
|
For Sibbald & Co.
|
Unknown date
|
Great Britain
|
Nicholas Bools & William Good
|
Bridport
|
Rutland
|
Cutter
|
For N. Awigly.[62]
|
Unknown date
|
Ottoman Empire
|
Dimitri Kalfa
|
Ereğli
|
Şahin-i Derya
|
Fourth rate
|
For Ottoman Navy.[63]
|
Unknown date
|
Brazil
|
|
Pará
|
Sao Joao Magnânimo
|
Sixth rate
|
For Portuguese Navy.[64]
|
Unknown date
|
Great Britain
|
|
Liverpool
|
Sarah
|
Merchantman
|
For private owner.
|
Unknown date
|
Ottoman Empire
|
Venetian Josef Kalfa
|
Dardanelles
|
Sayyad-i Bahri
|
Third rate
|
For Ottoman Navy.[65]
|
Unknown date
|
Batavian Republic
|
|
Rotterdam
|
Scipio
|
Corvette
|
For Batavian Navy.[66]
|
Unknown date
|
United States
|
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
Skjoldebrand
|
Sixth rate
|
For Algerian Navy.[67]
|
Unknown date
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Great Britain
|
|
River Thames
|
Speculator
|
Merchantman
|
For private owner.
|
Unknown date
|
Great Britain
|
|
Cowes
|
Speedwell
|
Cutter
|
For Board of Customs.[68]
|
Unknown date
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United States
|
|
St. Marys, Georgia
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St. Mary's
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Galley
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For United States Navy.
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Unknown date
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Ottoman Empire
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Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine
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Constantinople
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Şuca-ı Bahri
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Sixth rate
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For Ottoman Navy.[69]
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Unknown date
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Ottoman Greece
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Antuvan Kalfa
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Rhodes
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Tiz Hareket
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Fifth rate
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For Ottoman Navy.[70]
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Unknown date
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France
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Bourmaud Frères
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Nantes
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Vautour
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Privateer
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For private owner.
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Unknown date
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United States
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Vigilant
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Cutter
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For Revenue-Marine.
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Unknown date
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United States
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Virginia
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Cutter
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For Revenue-Marine.
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Unknown date
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Province of Quebec
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Wanton
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Schooner
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For private owner.
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Unknown date
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Great Britain
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Whitby
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Whydah
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West Indiaman
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For Mr. Fletcher.
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Unknown date
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Great Britain
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Liverpool
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Will
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Slave ship
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For Aspinall & Co.
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Unknown date
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Unknown
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France or Spain
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Name unknown
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Merchantman
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For private owner.
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Unknown date
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Batavian Republic
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Name unknown
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Merchantman
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For private owner.
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Unknown date
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Spain
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Name unknown
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Merchantman
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For private owner.
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Unknown date
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United States
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Plymouth, Massachusetts
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Name unknown
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Merchantman
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For private owner.
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Unknown date
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Unknown
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South America
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Name unknown
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Merchantman
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For private owner.
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Unknown date
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France
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Name unknown
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Merchantman
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For private owner.
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Unknown date
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United States
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Name unknown
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Merchantman
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For private owner.
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Unknown date
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Unknown
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Stettin or Sweden
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Name unknown
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Full-rigged ship
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For private owner.
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Unknown date
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Brazil
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Name unknown
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Merchantman
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For private owner.
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