British Privateer 'Watt' (1777)

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Watt

12346
Nominal Guns32HLP
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1777HLP
Home PortLiverpool - Lancashire HLP
ShipyardUnknownHLP
CategoryPrivateerHLP
Ship TypeUnknownHLP
Last known1.6.1780HLP

Service History


DateEventSource
1.6.1780

The Watt had thirteen men killed and seventy-five wounded in the action against the Trumbull

HLP
1.6.1780Trumbull vs Watt


Sources


IDNameAuthorType
HLPHistory of Liverpool PrivateersGomer Williams, Digital Book
 
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Posted by Angus Graham on Wednesday 14th of October 2020 05:16

Owner (prob. in consortium) George Venables, merchant of Liverpool. Cf. letter of Richard Watt to Venables, 15 July 1780, Liverpool Record Office 920/WAT/1/2/1, letter 44 (fol. 21v): "have heard nothing of your ship the Watt".

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