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4th rate
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Built in 1747, River Medway.
Sold in 1773. |
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- Capt. George STEPNEY, ordered to the coast of Guinea and died there 24 May 1753.
- 1751 Capt. Matthew BUCKLE .
He was appointed commodore of a small squadron consisting of his own ship, ST. ALBANS, Capt. BYRON, and SPHYNX, Capt. WHEELER, on the coast of Africa, where the French were contemplating aggression. At Annamaboe he found M. Perrier de Salvert with three warships carrying 24 to 64 guns. The French were offering the natives presents and promises to allow them to erect a fort there in defiance of the peace treaty recently concluded. Capt. BUCKLE informed them that if they persisted he would consider it a breach of the treaty and repel them by force. - 1753. Capt. Richard EDWARDS. Promoted from commander of the FALCON sloop to be a post-captain on 27 December.
- 1758 Capt. Robert WELLAND, Jamaica.
DREADNOUGHT (60) Capt. Maurice SUCKLING, and ASSISTANCE encountered the French LE PALMIER (74) off Port au Prince on the morning of 2 September. ASSISTANCE was becalmed and unable to go to the aid of DREADNOUGHT which was disabled by the Frenchman who escaped. - 1759 Capt. John WELLER. Extract from a letter from Adm. COTES, dated Jamaica, 5th. December 1757:
I>"On the 20th. November the Assistance chased a French privateer of 18 guns and a schooner privateer, with a prize, into Tiberoon Bay on the island of Hispaniola, where the French had a battery of five guns. The vessels hauled close to the shore, under cover of the battery; but it falling calm, captain Weller was obliged to tow in with his boats. On the 21st. he burnt the snow, sunk the prize and dismounted all the guns on shore. He had two men killed in the action, and his masts and sails much damaged." - 1762 Capt. William NORTON, sailed for St. Helena on 23 February for St. Helena to convoy the homeward-bound East Indiamen.
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