Clarissa Oakes - Ships

Ships

  • British
    • HM Hired Vessel Surprise
    • HMS Eclair
    • The Truelove - a Nootka fur-trader
  • South Seas whalers
    • The Daisy
    • The Heartsease
  • Other
    • Franklin (twenty-two gun privateer, French-owned but American colours)

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