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Steel's Prize Pay Lists; new series ... Corrected to the first of April, 1805 lists 13 warships of the Mediterranean fleet as sharing prize money, paid out in 1802, for the Santissima Trinidad (Entry 1865) https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=v6fUWtw_c0QC&pg=PR1&source=gbs_selected_pages&...

Found what appears to be a goldmine for captured ships Steel's Prize Pay Lists; new series ... Corrected to the first of April, 1805 Entry 1664 on page 118 lists Culloden, Theseus, Sea-horse, Alliance, Bull-dog and Perseus as having taken off Alexandria in February 1799 the Spanish brig San Raffael ...

The Rochefort branch of Service historique de la Défense has published the following finding aid: MR C Forces maritimes 1718-1920 http://www.servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/SHDMR_REP_C_FORCES_MARITIMES.pdf A typical listing for the period you are interested in: MR 2 C 52 La...

Actually we (talking as a site editor) already have a way of doing it, as editors can create fleets and they don't have to be for specific actions. Therefore it would be (if we had the info) quite possible to create a listing for the Royal Navy Squadron at Newfoundland 1775, say, the problem being, ...

Slightly off topic but they are nominally part of the Ottoman Empire, Istoria degli stati di Algeri, Tunisi, Tripoli e Marocco, trasportata fedelmente dalla lingua inglese nell'italiana (published 1754) has a listing of the Algerine fleet. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HzEQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA24...

The Ancient Port of Whitby and its Shipping includes a catalogue of Whitby built ships and quite a few of them are listed as being transports at some point, particularly in 1814.

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In December 1826 the Spanish schooner Julia that was bound for Manzanilla de Cuba was forced to put into Belize harbour as it had been dismasted. Later in the same month it was sold and moored off Fort George as a hulk. In August 1827 a Spaniard, Francisco Sans, in Havana, for $5000, purchased a sch...

I'm trying to add the details of the captain of a Brazilian merchant ship but all the ranks available (in Portuguese) appear to be for naval use rather than civilian use. Is there a specific title used in Portuguese for the captain of a civilian ship?

Article 21 of the Articles of War states: If any person in the fleet shall quarrel or fight with any other person in the fleet, or use reproachful or provoking speeches or gestures, tending to make any quarrel or disturbance, he shall, upon being convicted thereof, suffer such punishment as the offe...

Biographia navalis has Peter Chamberlain as commanding officer of the Spy brigantine in August 1703. When he is promoted to Captain on 1703/08/13 he also appointed captain of the Orford Prize, a small frigate, recently taken by John Norris.