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Old Noll (1743 ship)

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History
Great Britain
NameOld Noll
OwnerCharles Goore
William Bulkeley
Samuel Reid
John Clayton
Levinus Unsworth
Arthur Heywood
Isaac Oldham
Thomas Backhouse
Joseph Manesty
Nathaniel Basnett
Samuel Ogden
Thomas Seel, junior
John Knight
William Whalley
John Parr
William Penketh
James Ross
Edward Roughsedge
James Gildart
Ellis Cunliffe
Robert Cunliffe
John Brookes
John Hardman
William Williamson
Roger Brooks
John Bostock
John Atherton
Edward Forbes
BuilderNorfolk, Virginia
Launched1743
Acquired1744
FateSunk, 1745
General characteristics
Class and typeHackboat
Tons burthen250 tons
Complement180
Armament22 guns

Old Noll was a privateer operated by a group of merchants from Liverpool, England during the War of the Austrian Succession.[1]

After a brief but successful career as a privateer, she was sunk in November 1745 by a French naval squadron from Brest.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Wardle, Arthur C. (1941). "The Early Liverpool privateers" (PDF). Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire & Cheshire. 93.
  2. ^ Harrison, Cy Harrison. "British Privateer 'Old Noll' (1744)". threedecks.org. Cy Harrison. Retrieved 27 August 2021.