BADGER
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Built in 1745, Bursledon. Lost in 1762. |
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- 1755 Cdr John HALE, English Harbour, Antigua
- 1756 Cdr. Robert Boyle WALSINGHAM, Plymouth. At the end of 1756 he removed to BADGER from the CROWN storeship. Samuel BROWN, Carpenter. On 3 Sept. 1756 Anthony BUCKINGHAM, cook of the BADGER, and George GOODBURN, cook of the PRINCE HENRY, requested to exchange ships
- Cdr WALSINGHAM was promoted as a post-captain to the JASON frigate on 15 June 1757.
- 1757 Cdr. Thomas TAYLOR. On 3 March 1758 he was promoted to the PRINCESS AMELIA as a post-captain.
- 1759 Cdr. Basil KEITH, with Commodore William BOYS's squadron which blockaded a small French expedition under Thurot at Dunkirk though the summer, Thurot escaped to the northward during an October gale.
- 1762 Cdr. Samuel SCOTT. Anti-smuggling duties in the Downs. In spite of the war there was regular intercourse with the French coast, cutters bringing in as much contraband as in peacetime.
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