British schooner 'Gaspe' (1764)

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Gaspe
Nominal Guns	6	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Purchased	5.1764	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1714
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Schooner	BWAS-1714
Burnt	10.6.1772	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Keel49' 0"Imperial Feet14.9352
Breadth19' 10"Imperial Feet5.7912
Depth in Hold7' 10"Imperial Feet2.1336
Burthen102 ⁴⁴⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

5.1764Broadside Weight = 11 Imperial Pound ( 4.9887 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck6 British 3-Pounder
Gun Deck8 British 1/2-Pound Swivel

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
22.6.1764 - 25.4.1768LieutenantBWAS-171426.4.1768 - 10.6.1772Lieutenant: on board from 13.9.1768BWAS-1714

Service History

DateEventSource
4.11.1769

...on the 4th the Gaspee Schooner, Lieutenant Duddingston, arrived from Philadelphia for repair and sailed, yesterday.

Halifax ADM 106
19.11.1769Sailed from Halifax ADM 106
10.6.1772Burnt by colonists off Providence, Rhode IslandBWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

ADM 106 Document

Previous comments on this page

Posted by graham johnston on Saturday 2nd of November 2019 20:08

see www.gaspee.org and www.eliehistory.com

Posted by Brian on Wednesday 3rd of February 2016 22:36

Extract of a letter from Newport, Rhode Island Jun 15, 1772 - The Hon Joseph Wanton, Governor of this Colony, published a proclamation on the 12th inst. offering a reward of 100I sterling to any person or persons who shall discover the people that, on the 9th inst. in the night, boarded his Majesty's armed schooner, Gaspe, as she lay around on a point of land called Nanquit a little to the southward of Pawtuxet, in this colony, dangerously wounded Lieutenant William Duddingston, the Commander, and by force took him with all his people, put them into boats, and landed them near Pawtuxet, and afterward set fire to the said schooner, whereby she was entirely destroyed.

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