SOUTHSEA CASTLE
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5th rate
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Built in 1708, Rotherhithe. Sold in 1744. |
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- 1712 Capt. John TEMPLE, appointed on 24th. March 1712. He was immediately ordered to the West Indies with a small squadron under Sir Hovenden WALKER. The day after they left Plymouth Capt. TEMPLE had the good fortune to capture a French privateer of 14 guns and 100 men, which he carried into Lisbon, before proceeding to his original destination.
- 1739 John CRAWFORD, appointed on 30th. August. He was soon after ordered to America, and died in Virginia some time in 1740, still in command.
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