A LIST of BRITISH PRIVATEERS 1745

A LIST of BRITISH PRIVATEERS

January 1745

  Ships Commander Where Fitted Out Guns Men
   
1. Adventure Israel Portsmouth 12 80
2. Adventure (taken) Mitchell Plymouth 26 260
3. Anson Mahony London 24 150
4. Bacchus (taken) Wadham London 18 260
5. Benton Galley Bernam Biddeford 20 180
6. Black Joke (laid up) Baker Bristol 10 70
7. Blike Hughes Dublin 20 140
8. Bonetts Pincell St. Kits 20 120
9. Boseawen Campbell London 30 250
10. Boyne Edmunson Dublin 16 200
11. Bristol   Bristol 30 300
12. Castor Love St. Kits 18 150
13. Ceasar North London 18 150
14. Centurion Hallyburton London 26 160
15. Charming Nancy Villeneu Guerasey 20 150
16. Defence Bonhamn London 28 170
17. Defiance Drumgold St. Kits 20 120
18. Dover Grosvdoor Dover 14 130
19. D. of Cornwal Caswell Falmouth., laid up 12 60
20. Dispatch Wright Bristol, laid up    
21. Dispatch Bellaine Pylmouth 12 80
22. Dragon Seabourne Bristol 22 180
23. Dublin Derbyshire Dublin 30 240
24. Durfley Veitch London 20 200
25. Dutia (Sp?)   Bermuda 10 80
26. Eagle Bazely Dover 8 40
27. Expedition Bowden Plymouth 12 100
28. Fame Comyn London 50 38
29. Farmer (taken) Hogan Bristol    
30. Firebrand Potter Topsham, laid up    
31. Fortune   Dartmouth    
32. Garland Tavener London 22 225
33. George Leonard Topsham 6  
34. Godolphin Skinner Exeter 22 140
35. Great Britain Wilson London 30 200
36. Greyhound Pitton London    
37. Greyhound Jenkins London 18 150
38. Guernsey Lilly Lambert Guernsey 6 30
39. Hardwicke Sampson London 36 300
40. Hawke (laid up) Bristol 8 6
41. Hawke Grosvenor Dover (laid up)  
42. Hope Rollin Guernsey 4 30
43. Hunter Veil London 20 220
44. Hussar Holding London 26 180
45. King William Cornish Bristol 20 150
46. Kouli-Ken Barltet London 24 250
47. Leotasse Fielding London 22 225
48. Lyon Furnell Bristol 20 180
49. Marlborough Southerarn London 16 100
50. Mary Rouse St. Kitts 20 120
51. Mercury Payne London 22 120
52. Neptune Maning Exeter    
53. Norton Long Portsmouth 12 80
54. Old Noll Powell Liverpool 22 180
55. Pearle   Bristol 44 250
56. Pollex Woolford St. Kits 20 110
57. Prime minister   Morock 20 120
58. Prince Charles Gwyan Bristol 20 250
59. Princes of Augusta Le Grose Liverpool 12 200
60. Princess of Wales Caftells hon. reta, taken 18 60
61. Queen of Hungary Monatt London 14 180
62. Queen of Hungary Domatt Bristol 12 100
63. Queen of Hungary Powell St. Kits 20 120
64. Rainger Bundy Bristol 12 100
65. Rainger Mayberry St. Kits 20 120
66. Recovery Anderson London 16 180
67. Resolution Sutherland London 4 60
68. Resolution Allsworthy Bristol 18 143
69. Ruby Sanders London    
70. Rushout Couch London 22 150
71. Rye Sergeant Rye, supposed
to be lost		    
72. Salamander Harwood London 24 160
73. Saltash Huddy London 18 110
74. Sheerness Tinhell London 28 230
75. Shoreham Milligen London 26 170
76. Somerset Northover Bristol, lost    
77. Southwell   Bristol 24 180
78. St. Ives Mitchell St. Ives    
79. Success Le Grose London (lost and men) 10 70
80. Surprize Redmond London 20 180
81. Swift Huston London 12 87
82. Terrible Cole Liverpool 22 180
83. Thurloe Dugdale Liverpool 12 100
84. Townsend Lewis Bristol 22 140
85. Trial Woods Bristol 16 120
86. True Briton Dyer London 26 180
87. Triumph Cook London 18 143
88. Tuscany Raitt Bristol 24 175
89. Tygress Pipton London 22 180
90. Vernon (ship lost) Forest Bristol 14 100
91. Vernon French London 24 100
92. Victory Herriott St. Kits 20 130
93. Vulture Bromage Bristol (taken)    
94. Warsen Hughly London 20 120
95. Willingmind   Poole    
96. Wimington Sibbold Philadelphia    
97. Winchelsea Gerrard London 30 220
98. Young Ceres Soaper Dartmouth 12 80
99. Young Eagle Rouse Boston 22 150
 

And about 100 privateers fitted out in our American colonies.

Source: Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 15, January 1745, Page 49.

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