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Sulphur
6942
Nominal Guns
8
BWAS-1714
Nationality
Great Britain
Operator
Royal Navy
Purchased
7.1778
BWAS-1714
Shipyard
Unknown
BWAS-1714
Category
Unrated
BWAS-1714
Ship Type
Fireship
BWAS-1714
Sold
4.4.1783
BWAS-1714
6 Commanding Officers
Dates
Rank
Name
Source
25.7.1778
-
29.9.1778
Commander
James Watt (c.1733-1782)
ADM 6/21/509
Issued by
Lord Richard Howe (4
th
Viscount Howe) (1725/26-1799)
,
North America
Commission confirmed
10.2.1779
BWAS-1714
29.9.1778
-
13.1.1779
Commander
John Knowles (d.1801)
ADM 6/21/546
Issued by
James Gambier (1723-1789)
,
North America
Commission confirmed
28.4.1779
ADM 6/21
13.1.1779
-
30.7.1779
Commander
Benjamin Runwa (c.1737-1807)
ADM 6/21/567
ADM 6/21
30.7.1779
-
19.7.1781
Commander
Thomas Boston (c.1735-1808)
ADM 6/22/10
BWAS-1714
19.7.1781
-
17.1.1783
Commander
George Losack
ADM 6/22/315
BWAS-1714
17.1.1783
-
19.2.1783
Commander
Robert Parrey (c.1739-1808)
ADM 6/23/11
ADM 6/23
Service History
Date
Event
Source
7.1778
Purchased in North America
BWAS-1714
11.8.1778
Howe's encounter with d'Estaing
22.12.1778
Registered
BWAS-1714
13.6.1779
Began coppering and fitting at
Portsmouth Dockyard -
Portsmouth
BWAS-1714
9.1779
Recommissioned
BWAS-1714
20.10.1779
Completed coppering and fitting at
Portsmouth Dockyard -
Portsmouth
at a cost of £3173.11.1d
BWAS-1714
4.4.1783
Sold at Portsmouth for £550
BWAS-1714
Notes on Ship
Origin
BWAS-1714
Mercantile
Albion
Sources
ID
Name
Author
Type
BWAS-1714
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792
Rif Winfield
,
Book
ADM 6/21
ADM 6/21 Commission and Warrant Book 1774 Jan.-1779 June
Archive
ADM 6/23
ADM 6/23 Commission and Warrant Book 1783-1789 Aug.
Archive
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