British sloop 'Keppel' (1778)

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Keppel	4992
Nominal Guns	14	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	American Privateer sloop 'New Broom' (1778) (14)
Captured	21.10.1778	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Baltimore - Maryland
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Brig	BWAS-1714
Sold	5.8.1783	BWAS-1714

10.1778Broadside Weight = 28 Imperial Pound ( 12.698 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck14 British 4-Pounder

Date# of MenNotesSource
10.177875EstablishmentBWAS-1714

DatesRankNameSource
28.10.1778 - 7.10.1780Lieutenant Richard WhitworthBWAS-17147.10.1781 - 7.12.1782Lieutenant Robert Steel (c.1729-?)BWAS-17147.12.1782 - 15.12.1782Commander Richard Rundle Burgess (1754-1797) Transfered ADM 6/23/131
Issued by Joshua Rowley (1734-1790), Jamaica - Greater Antilles
Confirmed 2.9.1783ADM 6/2315.12.1782 - 1782Commander Francis Pickmore (d.1818) ADM 6/23/174
Issued by Joshua Rowley (1734-1790), Jamaica - Greater Antilles
Confirmed 18.12.1783ADM 6/23

DatesRankNameSource
10.10.1780 - 6.8.1783Gunner Thomas CarlisleADM 29-1

DateEventSource
10.1778Purchased at Boston - Massachusetts at a cost of £1132.19.4dBWAS-1714

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

ADM 6/23 Archive

ADM 29-1 Document

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