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Carolina 1700

Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 4:09 pm
by john sefton
CAROLINA. 6th Rate. Built by Sheerness Dockyard. Launched 1700. Built for Royal Navy.
L86'6", B23'. 197tn bm. Armament 20 guns.
Royal Yacht. Built 1700 as PEREGRINE GALLEY. Rebuilt 1733 and 1749 as 229tn bm. Renamed CAROLINA 1716. Rebuilt as ROYAL CAROLINE in 1733, 229tn bm. Renamed PEREGRINE
1749, converted into Sloop. Foundered Atlantic, January 1762.
Tuvalu 1981. 10c. SG168 (LB 10/16B. 12/77).