American Privateer brig 'Revenge' (1780)

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Revenge
Nominal Guns	12	NRAR
Nationality	United States of America
Operator	Maryland State Navy
Acquired	1780	NRAR
First Commissioned	24.6.1780
Home Port		NRAR
Shipyard	Unknown	NRAR
Category	Privateer	NRAR
Ship Type	Brig
Captured	4.10.1780	BWAS-1714

1 Commanding Officer

DatesRankNameSource
24.6.1780 - 4.10.1780Captain (Privateer)Alexander Murray (d.1828)NRAR

Service History

DateEventSource
4.10.1780Taken by Greyhound (28)

Sources

IDDescriptionAuthorType

NRARAuthorityDigital Book

BWAS-1714Rif WinfieldBook

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Posted by Brian Stephens on Tuesday 1st of April 2014 19:41

Boston Feb. 19, 1781 - The brigantine Revenge, Captain Murray from Baltimore to Amsterdam, with 130 hogshead of tobacco was taken the 29th of August last, by the Enterprize privater of London, Capt. Eden. The following men were sent into the river Thames, in the prize, and confined on board the Nightingale tender at the Tower. Viz: Gilbert Crockett, William Howard, Parker Collins, Beal Watts, Edward Palmer, Thomas McGill, Benjamin Frothingham, Thomas Bowles, John Keith.

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