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To Captain Tyrrell Commander of His Majesty's Ship BUCKINGHAM 66 Guns. 472 MEN. / This Representation of his Attacking and defeating the Florisant the L'Egrette and L'Atalante, Three French Ships of War, convoying Dutch...
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to collect supplies of timber. She was leaking badly on her return voyage to England, and foundered on 11 November 1779 while crossing the North Atlantic Ocean. Commander Bennett and the crew perished.
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specification (including addition of guns) at a cost of around £8000. She was commissioned and formally brought into service in 1755 and put under command of Captain
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and some of his Officers back to England, arriving in early May. Early on in the voyage they recaptured a prize on the
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on 26 December 1778 to resupply the Royal Navy garrison. In April 1779 her command was transferred to Commander
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with France. With a crew of 520 she was one of the largest ships in the Navy at that time.
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She was launched at Deptford in May 1751 at a cost of £29,000 then taken to
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immmedialy after repairs at Chatham. In May 1757 command passed to
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American Revolution: On 15 April 1778 she sailed from
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on 20th. A few days after command passed to Captain
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HMS Buckingham

Deptford
Royal Navy Ensign
Great Britain
Deptford Dockyard
1745 Establishment
third-rate
ship of the line
bm
Full-rigged ship
third-rate
ship of the line
Royal Navy
Deptford Dockyard
1745 Establishment
Seven Years' War

St. Eustatius
Chatham Dockyard
Royal Navy
Michael Everitt
John Byng
Battle of Minorca
Edward Pratten
Leeward Islands
Richard Tyrell
Temple West
Richard Tyrell
HMS Weazel

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