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assuming command in March, and Captain William Smith replacing him only one month later. Having had six captains in only two years of service, Smith was
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by calculation, but was locally, and incorrectly, reported to be of 514 tons burthen. Her armament was made up entirely of 9-pounder
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British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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in February 1781 and commissioned into the Royal Navy. She was sold in 1783.
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of 27 feet 6 inches (8.4 m) and a depth in the
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Index

Sint Eustatius
Antigua
Sixth rate
frigate
bm
sixth rate
frigate
Dutch Republic
Leeward Islands
capture of Sint Eustatius
Dutch
sixth rate
frigate
gun deck
keel
beam
hold
tons burthen
long guns

Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
Sint Eustatius
George Rodney
Royal Navy
George Bowen
Leeward Islands Station
Lord Cranstoun
William Carnegie
Richard Grindall
Antigua

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