Snapper

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1. The identity of the vessel 'Snapper' (ship code SNA) cannot be resolved to any documented Golden Age vessel; no ship of that name was located in the core piracy corpus searched this session Very likely Strong evidence, short of proof. Colonial state paper; Period narrative; Modern scholarship; Catalogue record: Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies, January 1716 - July 1717; Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies, August 1717 - December 1718; Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies, January 1719 - February 1720
2. The Calendar of State Papers Colonial (America and West Indies) for 1716-1723, both the printed indexes and the full calendar bodies, records no vessel named Snapper (an OCR-tolerant search was used) Confirmed Directly supported by the record. Colonial state paper: Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies, January 1716 - July 1717; Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies, August 1717 - December 1718; Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies, January 1719 - February 1720
3. Charles Johnson's General History of the Pyrates names no vessel Snapper anywhere in the text Confirmed Directly supported by the record. Period narrative: A General History of the Pyrates
4. The National Archives (UK) Discovery catalogue holds no Golden Age vessel named Snapper; the only Snapper vessels catalogued are Royal Navy and dated 1813-1815, described as 'Ships' musters Ship: SNAPPER Type: Sloop (1815 Apr - Sept)' Confirmed Directly supported by the record. Catalogue record: The National Archives (UK) Discovery catalogue, search for a vessel named Snapper
5. No voyage, route or purpose of any Golden Age vessel Snapper was located Confirmed Directly supported by the record. Colonial state paper; Period narrative: Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies, January 1716 - July 1717; Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies, August 1717 - December 1718; A General History of the Pyrates
6. No capture, engagement or cargo involving a Golden Age vessel Snapper was located, whether as a pirate vessel, a prize, or a pirate-hunting sloop Confirmed Directly supported by the record. Colonial state paper; Modern scholarship; Period narrative: Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies, August 1717 - December 1718; The Pirates of the New England Coast, 1630-1730; A General History of the Pyrates
7. No damage, repair, loss, wreck or fate of any Golden Age vessel Snapper was located Confirmed Directly supported by the record. Catalogue record; Colonial state paper: The National Archives (UK) Discovery catalogue, search for a vessel named Snapper; Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies, January 1716 - July 1717
8. No wreck site, artefact or material evidence associated with a Golden Age vessel Snapper was located; there is no archaeological record to assess Confirmed Directly supported by the record. Catalogue record; Modern scholarship: The National Archives (UK) Discovery catalogue, search for a vessel named Snapper; Colonies, Ships, and Pirates (thematic index of Atlantic vessels and pirates, 1680-1740)
9. The most plausible surviving venue for a minor merchant or fishing sloop named Snapper is colonial newspaper shipping notices (the Boston News-Letter, the American Weekly Mercury, the Boston Gazette), which could not be full-text searched this session; the identity remains open pending that search Possible Consistent with the evidence, not established. Colonial state paper; Modern scholarship: Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies, August 1717 - December 1718; The Pirates of the New England Coast, 1630-1730