Old Noll (1743 ship)
Old Noll was a privateer operated by a group of merchants from Liverpool, England during the War of the Austrian Succession.[1]
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Old Noll |
| Owner | Charles GooreWilliam BulkeleySamuel ReidJohn ClaytonLevinus UnsworthArthur HeywoodIsaac OldhamThomas BackhouseJoseph ManestyNathaniel BasnettSamuel OgdenThomas Seel, juniorJohn KnightWilliam WhalleyJohn ParrWilliam PenkethJames RossEdward RoughsedgeJames GildartEllis CunliffeRobert CunliffeJohn BrookesJohn HardmanWilliam WilliamsonRoger BrooksJohn BostockJohn AthertonEdward Forbes |
| Builder | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Launched | 1743 |
| Acquired | 1744 |
| Fate | Sunk, 1745 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Hackboat |
| Tons burthen | 250 tons |
| Complement | 180 |
| Armament | 22 guns |
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
- Wardle, Arthur C. (1941). "The Early Liverpool privateers" (PDF). Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire & Cheshire. 93.
- Harrison, Cy Harrison. "British Privateer 'Old Noll' (1744)". threedecks.org. Cy Harrison. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
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