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Due to the enormous amount of spam/hacks and other unwanted attention to this forum I have had to implement a new method of registration. To register to post you must now register here as normal. However you will NOT receive an email to confim the registration or anything else. Then you must send an...

Given the current worldwide lockdown, it seemed appropriate to ask if all are keeping safe and well. I am just out of 14 days total isolation, I think I may have had a very mild version, so am looking forward to a gentle walk in the local fields, which my wife, who was somwhat worse but now better, ...

The national archives hold the following logs for the Wolf All dates are julian calendar with January 1st as start of year, Note she was not in commission in 1736 and 1737 Captains Log 1731/11/25-1732/07/16 ADM 51/1076 1734/12/23-1735/09/05 ADM 51/1076 1738/04/11-1741/02/18 ADM 51/1076 Muster Books ...

Hi One of our editors, Rob Boon has sent me a link to an privy council document on John Drapers reappointment as a RN Captain. He was dismissed by court martial for the loss of the Wolf. That states the sloop was "cast away on the Windward passage on the West Caicos". http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT7/G2...

If it helps the source for the Caicos Banks is WInfield's British Warships in the afe of sail 1714-1792, https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Y5WCAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1826-IA11&lpg=PA1826-IA11&dq=%22wolf%22+wreck+caicos+banks&source=bl&ots=SXlE8sS46i&sig=ACfU3U3WDnXKCjgDbPgpLh3nKKN0IR48fg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ah...

It is possible that multiple listing relate to a sinlge person where no definitive correlation between the two sets of data has been identified. This is most likely where the person has multiple roles, E.g. Naval and Merchant sailor etc. If you have a specific person in mind we can always review the...

Sailing warships url changed a while ago, the image is now at https://felipe.mbnet.fi/html/odin_1788.html

OK, I've put a quick and dirty fix in until I work out a better display.

You'll probably have to refresh the page to update your cache to benefit though.

Hi

Not your browser, a display issue with the maps.

I'll try and sort it tommorrow.

Cy

To view the picture you have to copy the URL and post it into your browser. I am not sure why you cannot just click on the address. The National Maritime Museum's search function is at [url]http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections.html[/url] Because the url's are not secure. Only secure 'https' url...