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Nominal Guns14B071
NationalityUnited States of America
OperatorMassachusetts State Navy
Acquired6.5.1780W027
First Commissioned19.12.1780B071
Home PortBeverley - Massachusetts B071
ShipyardUnknownB071
CategoryPrivateerB071
Ship TypeBrigantineB071
Captured28.6.1781W027

Armament


28.6.1781Broadside Weight = 42 Imperial Pound ( 19.047 kg)W027
Gun Deck14 American 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
178060 B071
6.5.178025 W027

3 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
1780 - 12.1780Unknown
Benjamin EllingwoodAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1730-1830
B071
19.12.1780 - 4.1781Unknown
Nathaniel SwaseyAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1729-1829
B071
9.4.1781 - 22.9.1781Unknown
John PattenAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1731-1831
B071

Service History


DateEventSource
5.5.1780Commissioned as a letter of marque of 10 guns and 25 menB071
10.7.1780Sailed from Beverely bound for GottenburgB071
19.12.1780Commissioned as a privateerB071
28.6.1781Taken by
Oiseau (32) 1779-1783
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate

22.9.1781Captain Patten and his crew returned from Halifax by CartelB071

 
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