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Pennsylvania Privateer Brig Active |
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| Active | Commander Philip Jacquelin Du Roy [Durey] |
| Armed Brig | 28 October 1780- |
| Pennsylvania Privateer Brig |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 28 October 1780 |
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| Owners: | Philip Jacquelin Du Roy of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 28 October 1780 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 4/ Total: 4 cannon/ Broadside: 2 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 28 October 1780: 21 [total] |
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Comments:
Pennsylvania Privateer Brig Active was commissioned on 28 October 1780, under Commander Philip Jacquelin Du Roy [Durey], allegedly out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a $20000 bond. Her owner acted as bonder, along with James Oellers of Philadelphia. She was listed as having four guns and a crew of twenty men.1
1 NRAR, 218; Emmons, 127, where the skipper's name is given as “Durey.”
| Revised 15 September 2008 |
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