British sloop 'Racoon' (1782)

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Racoon

6050
Nominal Guns14BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Purchased27.4.1782BWAS-1714
ShipyardUnknownBWAS-1714
CategoryUnratedBWAS-1714
Ship TypeSloop BWAS-1714
Sailing RigBrigBWAS-1714
Captured12.9.1782BWAS-1714

2 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
28.4.1782 - 31.7.1782Commander Robert Murray Transfered ADM 6/23/95
Issued by Robert Digby (1732-1815), North America
Confirmed 15.7.1783ADM 6/231.8.1782 - 12.9.1782Commander Edmund Nagle ADM 6/22/549
Issued by Robert Digby (1732-1815), North America
Confirmed 3.12.1782BWAS-1714

Service History


DateEventSource
27.4.1782Mercantile Brig Lovely SallyBWAS-1793
27.4.1782Purchased at Boston - Massachusetts at a cost of £1364.4.0dBWAS-1714
12.9.1782Captured by Aigle and Gloire off the Delaware
12.9.1782Taken by L'Aigle (40) off the Delaware
12.9.1782Taken by Gloire (32) off the Delaware


Notes on Ship


OriginBWAS-1714
Mercantile brig Lovely Sally
 
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