Duke (privateering ship)

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Duke was an early 18th-century English privateering ship best known for rescuing the marooned sailor Alexander Selkirk, whose story inspired Daniel Defoe’s "Robinson Crusoe."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English ship
privateering ship
activity capturing Spanish prizes
approximateEra Age of Sail
armamentType cannon
associatedShip Duchess (privateering ship) NERFINISHED
captain Woodes Rogers NERFINISHED
coCaptain Stephen Courtney NERFINISHED
commander Woodes Rogers NERFINISHED
country Kingdom of Great Britain
crewMemberRescued Alexander Selkirk NERFINISHED
departurePort Bristol NERFINISHED
departureYear 1708
documentedBy Woodes Rogers NERFINISHED
documentedIn A Cruising Voyage Round the World NERFINISHED
event rescue of Alexander Selkirk
flag British Red Ensign NERFINISHED
historicalContext War of the Spanish Succession NERFINISHED
homePort Bristol NERFINISHED
influenceOn castaway literature
inspiredAuthor Daniel Defoe NERFINISHED
inspiredWork Robinson Crusoe NERFINISHED
legalStatus letter of marque vessel
literaryConnection Alexander Selkirk castaway narrative
Robinson Crusoe NERFINISHED
mission privateering expedition against Spanish shipping
navalRole armed merchantman
notableFor rescuing Alexander Selkirk
operatedBy English privateers
operatingTheatre Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
South Seas NERFINISHED
propulsion sail
rescueDate 1709
rescuee Alexander Selkirk NERFINISHED
rescueLocation Juan Fernández Islands NERFINISHED
Más a Tierra (later renamed Robinson Crusoe Island) NERFINISHED
sailedWith Duchess (privateering ship) NERFINISHED
service British privateering service
shipType sailing ship
timePeriod early 18th century
voyageType privateering circumnavigation

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Alexander Selkirk rescuedBy Duke (privateering ship)