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DRAKE (14) Sloop Built in 1729, Woolwich.
Broken up in 1740.
  • 1738 Capt. Harcourt MASTERS, Jamaica.
  • 1739 Capt. William LAWS.
  • "Letters from Jamaica on 12 August advise that the DRAKE sloop, who had been Convoy to some ships bound for London thro' the Windward Passage, in her return back to the said Island, was attack'd by Spanish Privateer, who took her for a Merchantman, and fired a Broadside at her, which Compliment was immediately returned, and continued until the Privateer sunk with all her People."

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