American Privateer brigantine 'Griffin' (1780)

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Griffin
Nominal Guns	14	BWAS-1714
Nationality	United States of America
Operator	Massachusetts State Navy
Acquired	1780	BWAS-1714
Home Port	Salem - Massachusetts	ref:462
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1714
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Brigantine	BWAS-1714
Captured	21.6.1780	BWAS-1714

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
178065 ref:462

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1780 - 21.6.1780Captain (Privateer)ref:462

Service History

DateEventSource
21.6.1780Took the Schooner off Newfoundland
21.6.1780Taken by off Newfoundland

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

ref:462Granville Hough, Book

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Posted by Jon Miller on Friday 19th of June 2026 06:00

Newfoundland, 16 July 1780: His Majesty’s ship Fairy, commanded by the Hon Capt Berkeley, arrived here the 8th of May after a passage of 29 days; and after refitting went out on a cruise, and took the Wilkes, an American privateer, of 16 guns and 70 men, after chasing her forty-one hours, and one hundred and nine leagues. On a second cruise she took the Griffin, another American privateer, of 14 guns and 50 men. [Exeter Flying Post, 8 September 1780]

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