American Privateer schooner 'Scopion' (1777)
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Scopion
33527
Nominal Guns
2
B071
Nationality
United States of America
Operator
Private Owners
Acquired
8.11.1777
B071
Shipyard
Unknown
B071
Category
Privateer
B071
Ship Type
Schooner
Last known
1779
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Crew Complement
Date
# of Men
Notes
Source
8.11.1777
40
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2 Ship Commanders
Dates
Rank
Name
Source
8.11.1777
-
1777
Captain (Privateer)
Israel Thorndike
American
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1727-1827
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27.2.1778
-
1778
Captain (Privateer)
John Brooks
American
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1730-1830
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2 Commissioned Officers
Dates
Rank
Name
Source
8.11.1777
-
1777
First Lieutenant (Privateer)
John Ashton
American
Privateer
Service 1777
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27.2.1778
-
1778
First Lieutenant (Privateer)
John Marsh
American
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1727-1827
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Sources
ID
Name
Author
Type
B071
Beverly Privateers in the American Revolution
Octavius Thondyke Howe
,
Digital Book
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