Daniel Brocklebank (shipbuilder)

[2] He brought with him his wife Anne, to whom he had been married only one year, and their baby daughter Sarah.

When the American Revolution commenced, he took his family and his newest vessel, Castor, launched in early 1775 and not yet fully fitted out, and sailed home to Britain.

[1] In 1779 he received a letter of marque and became a privateer, using Castor, reportedly a brig of 220 tons (bm),[2] that he armed with 20 guns.

[1] This was probably the Castor launched in 1782 that traded as far as Bengal and served until 1808, though Brocklebank apparently sold her in 1791 or 1792.

By 1795 he had built up a fleet of eleven vessels of a total burthen of 1,750 tons (bm).