American Privateer ship 'Black Prince' (1778)

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Black Prince
Nominal Guns	18	B071
Nationality	United States of America
Operator	Private Owners
Keel Laid Down	1777	B071
Acquired	1778	B071
First Commissioned	17.6.1778	B071
Home Port	Beverley - Massachusetts	B071
Shipyard	Salisbury - Maryland	B071
Category	Privateer	B071
Ship Type	Ship	B071
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	B071
Burnt	8.1779	B071

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentB071
Burthen220Tons BM

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
6.1778120 B071

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
17.6.1778 - 10.1778UnknownB07117.10.1778 - 1778UnknownB071

2 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
17.10.1778 - 1778First LieutenantB07117.10.1778 - 1778LieutenantB071

Service History

DateEventSource
19.6.1778Joined the fleet for the Penobscot Expedition at BoothbyB071
24.7.1779Penobscot Expedition

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B071Octavius Thondyke Howe, Digital Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by regis on Sunday 4th of July 2021 13:17

see Prince Noir

Posted by Will Bramhill on Sunday 4th of July 2021 10:54

No, it is a different ship but commissioned by Benjamin Franklin www dot history ireland dot com slash early hyphen modern hyphen history hyphen 1500 hyphen 1700 slash an hyphen irish hyphen buccaneer

Posted by Will Bramhill on Sunday 4th of July 2021 10:48

I'm a family history researcher in the UK. I am coming across stories in the Cumberland Pacquet newspaper of Sept 14 1779 about skirmishes between a privateer called the Black Prince and British merchant vessels in the Irish Sea. Is this the same or a different Black Prince? Contact me for more details.

Posted by Tim Oakley on Tuesday 4th of March 2014 21:02

Nathaniel West captain until the Black Prince was destroyed near Penobscot

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