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ADVENTURE
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4th rate
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Built in 1741, Blaydes, Hull.
32-gun in 1758.
Sold in 1770. |
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- 1741 Capt. John DRAPER, 8 September 1741. Ordered to West Indies and died there on 17 July 1743.
- 1743 On 26th. September ADVENTURE brought in to Port Royal from a cruise off St. Jago, an English sloop she had retaken and a Spanish sloop laden with cocoa, both were deserted by their Spanish crews, who escaped ashore. He also took the BLESSED VIRGIN with oil and cochineal, bound for Carthagena, taken off Cuba, and carried into Port Royal.
- On 18th. February ADVENTURE captured a Spanish vessel laden with small arms and some pieces of eight off the west part of Jamaica, and carried her in to the island.
- 1761 Capt. Matthew MOORE, with Commodore Augustus KEPPEL's squadron which sailed from St. Helen's on 29 March to attack Belleisle in April-June 1761 (see ACHILLES).
- 1762 Capt. Charles MIDDLETON, from EMERALD. ADVENTURE was employed with the Havre Squadron under the command of Commodore YOUNG.
- 1767 Capt. Thomas FITZHERBERT, Plymouth for Jamaica.
- Sold in March 1770.
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