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Massachusetts Privateer Brig Adventure |
| Adventure | Commander Jonathan Tucker |
| Armed Brig | 20 August 1782-[September] 1782 |
| Massachusetts Privateer Brig |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 20 August 1782 |
| Out of Service/Cause: | [September] 1782/captured by the British |
| Owners: | John Norris et al, of Salem, Massachusetts |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 20 August 1782 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 4/ Total: 4 cannon/ Broadside: 2 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 20 August 1782: 11 [total] |
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Massachusetts Privateer Brig Adventure was commissioned on 20 August 1782 under Jonathan Tucker of Salem, Massachusetts, with a bond of $20000 being given by the commander, owner Norris, and James King of Salem. She was listed as having four guns and a ten man crew.1
Adventure was captured by the British about July or August 1782. According to the Salem Gazette of 10 October 1782 a cartel vessel arrived from Bermuda on 7 October with prisoners from Boston, Gloucester, and Salem. These reported that, among the vessels recently taken in to Bermuda, was the Adventure of Salem.2
1 NRAR, 222; Emmons, 127
2 The Providence Gazette and Country Journal, Saturday, October 19, 1782, datelined Salem, October 10
| Revised 10 December 2008 |
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