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SHV Pelican

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Pelican, 18 Guns

Details

Nationality	Scottish
Ordered
Started
Named
Commissioned	1689/04/13	B062
Shipyard
Plans
Constructor
Supplier
Decks	2	B062
Rate	Hired Vessel	B062
In Service	1689/04/13	B062
Out Service	1689/07/10	B062
Fate	Captured	B062

Dimensions

Gun Deck	Keel	Beam	Depth	Draught	Burthen	Source
					200	B028

Armament

Date	Crew	Guns	Gundeck	Quarterdeck	Forecastle	B/S Weight	Source
1689	120	18					B062

Commanders

Date From	Date to	Name	Source
1689/04/13	1689/07/10	William Hamilton	B062

Officers

Date From	Date To	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1689/04/13	1689/07/10	Lieutenant	William Greive	B062

Service record

1689/04/13	Commissioned to cruise on the western coasts from the point of Cornwall to the Isle of Skye, and to fight and sink all ships belonging to the late King James	B062
1689/07/10	Taken with the Janet by the French in an action between Ireland and the Scotish coast	B062
1690/04/17	Retaken by ships under Sir Cloudesley Shovell in Dublin Bay	B062
1690	Converted to a fireship in the English Navy, commissioned as Pelican Prize	B062
1692/08/26	Sunk as a breakwater at Sheerness by Admiralty order	B062

Actions & Battles

Date		Source

Notes

Sources

B028	Ships of The Royal Navy - 15C to Present	J.J. Colledge
B062	The Old Scots Navy 1689-1707	Navy Records Society

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