British Privateer 'Charming Jenny' (1757)

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Charming Jenny
Nominal Guns	20	HCA26
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Private Owners
Extant	1757	HCA26
First Commissioned	16.9.1757	HCA26
Home Port	Dublin - Dublin	HCA26
Shipyard	Unknown	HCA26
Category	Privateer	HCA26
Ship Type	Unknown	HCA26
Last known	1757	HCA26

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentHCA26
Burthen200Tons BM

Armament

16.9.1757Broadside Weight UnknownHCA26
Gun Deck20 Carriage Guns

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1757/09/16 - 1757HCA26

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
16.9.1757150 HCA26

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
16.9.1757 - 1757CaptainHCA26

Notes on Ship

Letter of MarqueHCA26

HCA 26/8/55 1757 September 16

Commander: George Scott.

Ship: Charming Jenny.

Burden: 200 tons.

Crew: 150.

Owners: Messrs. Smith, Knox and Bryan of Dublin, merchants.

Lieutenant: Andrew Smith.

Gunner: Joseph Tomkins.

Boatswain: George Samson.

Carpenter: Thomas Trulock.

Surgeon: Simon Andrews.

Cook: Thomas Jones.

Armament: 20 carriage guns.

Folio: 56

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

HCA26Authority, Web Site

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Posted by Laurence Daley on Monday 19th of August 2019 19:28

“Charming Jenny,” as in Robbie Burn's poem:"coming through the rye" was also the name of that sloop that one of the murderous wreckers was hung for in 1755, guessing somewhat wildly, one might suppose that the vessel was named after the owner’s wife. That “Charming Jenny” is likely the three-deck forty-gun 200 ton privateer of that name out of Dublin with a crew of about 200, since that city now Irish Republic’s capital is only about 73 miles, almost due west across the Irish sea from Anglesey. In this case this wreck must have been quite a prize for the wreckers, which would explain their murderous greed, and the reason why it was so important for the authorities to catch those criminals. Perhaps this ship's cannon are still beneath the sea.

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