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HMS Camel (1776)

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90: 40: 440:, Mathew Lupagerie, master, and Manneau of Port-au-Prince, owner, off Cape Antonio in Cuba. She was of 150 tons (bm), had a crew of 16 men, and was armed with four guns. She was carrying a cargo of sugar, coffee, 323:
frigate. She captured a few merchant vessels in the West Indies, but spent most of her service escorting convoys across the Atlantic. She was converted to an armed transport in 1782–83. The Navy sold her in 1784.
429:, Elie Dumas, master, and Pierre Menorie of Bourdeaux, owner, was of 400 tons (bm), two guns, and 27 men. She was carrying sugar, coffee, etc. from St Louis, Hispaniola, to Port-au-Prince and Bourdeaux. 461:
was paid off in July 1782. She then underwent fitting at Woolwich until January 1783 for service as an armed transport. Lieutenant George Burleton took command in November 1782 and recommissioned
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in March 1777 and on 27 March sailed her to the Leeward Islands. She arrived at New York on 28 May with the bulk of her convoy.
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for 1777 with T.Hammond, master and owner, and trade Whitby transport. She had been launched at Whitby in 1776.
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was paid off in July 1784. She was sold at Deptford on 27 August 1784 for £1,500 in a private sale.
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British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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in April 1783 as an armed transport. He sailed her for North America on 24 May 1783.
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In December 1777 Captain Richard Bligh replaced Finch. Bligh sailed
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In January 1780 Captain John Pakenham replaced Bligh with
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Index

HMS Camel
Whitby
bm
QD
swivel guns
QD
Royal Navy
sixth-rate
Lloyd's Register
post captain
USS Raleigh
HMS Druid
Weazel
snow
taffia
melasses




LR (1777), Seq.№Y33.





Winfield (2007)
"No. 11786"
The London Gazette
"No. 11942"

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