Afternoon All, In the context of ships’ armament I was pleased recently to see that Lloyd’s Register Book 1764 is now online via the Books, Boxes & Boats site & probably elsewhere with plenty of armed merchantmen shown, as Mick mentions. I’ve not yet fully twigged however the meaning of the ‘Guns' column, ie - ‘B ’ ‘S d/B’ ‘S d S L’ ‘6 2 B’ & similar. Should appreciate any help on that. It’s also indicated that some PDF downloading is possible & that Eric Graham is working on an enhanced search facility. All extremely welcome ! Regards, Geoff [YH ex-pat] > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 21:57:53 +0100 > Subject: Re: [MAR] Armed Merchant Vessels > > Thanks Paul > In the area I am researching, two small guns were recovered back in the 70s > this has me looking around to see who was carrying such hard ware. I have a > report of a merchant vessel 1782 wrecked 10 miles up the coast, on her way > home from Jamaica she was carrying 2 six-pounder carriage guns. But just > today I found a news paper reference to a previously unknown vessel, this > was a 18 Gun French Privateer supposedly foundered near my area of interest > also in 1782. > I had also forgotten that the early Lloyd's Registers listed the guns > carried by vessels, so I now have a lot of new material to play with. > > Mick O'Rourke > > www.irishshipwrecks.com > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Benyon" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 1:22 AM > Subject: Re: [MAR] Armed Merchant Vessels > > > Hi Mick > > For vessels going foreign i.e. Med. W. Indies, E. Indies and Far East > I would suggest that merchant vessels were likely to receive attention > from various types of piratical vessels. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message