Dimensions
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentDANFSBurthen160Tons BM Armament
10.1775Broadside Weight = 28.5 Imperial Pound ( 12.925 kg)DANFS | Gun Deck | 6 British 6-PounderGun Deck | 4 British 4-PounderGun Deck | 10 British 1/2-Pound SwivelCrew Complement
Date# of MenNotesSource
10.177574
Service History
DateEventSource10.1775Acquired from George Erving and Benjamin Wormwell of Plymouth, MA as a schooner, Fitted and rigged as a BrigantineDANFS11.1775Took the 80-ton sloop BritanniaBWAS-171411.1775The crew were issued winter clothingDANFS2.11.1775Authorised to operate off the New England coastDANFS23.11.1775Sailed in company with Harrison (4)
DANFS23.11.1775Escaped from the British frigate Tartar (24)
and two transportsDANFS28.11.1775Returned to sea after handing over her prizeDANFS29.11.1775Returned to port, due to stormy weather and a poorly disciplined crewDANFS3.12.1775Returned to seaDANFS4.12.1775Taken by Lively (20)
4.12.1775Taken by Fowey (24)
Notes on Ship
Letter from William Watson, Washington s agent at Plymouth, 29th November 1775B037that the people on board the Brigantine Washington are in general discontented and have agreed to do no duty on board said vessel, and say that they enlisted to serve in the army and not as marines. I believe Capt. Martindale has done all in his power to make things easy. His people really appear to me to be a set of the most unprincipled abandoned fellows I ever saw. I am very apprehensive that little is to be expected from fellows drawn promiscuously from the army for this business; but that if people were enlisted for the purpose of privateering, much might be expected from them