British sloop 'Saxon' (1746)

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Saxon	7811
Nominal Guns	16	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Privateer corvette 'La Saxonne' (1744) (16)
Captured	13.4.1746	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Bordeaux - Gascony	BWAS-1714
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Snow	BWAS-1714
Sold	1748	BWAS-1714

4.1746Broadside Weight = 51.5 Imperial Pound ( 23.3556 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck16 British 6-Pounder
Gun Deck14 British 1/2-Pound Swivel

DatesRankNameSource
4.1746 - 27.4.1747Commander James Burcher (c.1716-1747)BWAS-171428.4.1747 - 15.10.1747Commander Alexander Campbell (d.1758) ADM 6/17/301
Issued by The Hon. Fitzroy Henry Lee (1698/99-1751), Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 21.12.1747BWAS-1714

DatesRankNameSource
21.5.1746 - 3.1.1746/47Lieutenant John Neale (d.c.1785) Transfered ADM 6/17/460
Issued by The Hon. Fitzroy Henry Lee (1698/99-1751), Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 5.5.1749ADM 6/17

DateEventSource
26.5.1746Purchased at Unknown at a cost of £1875.0.0dBWAS-1714

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

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