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Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Adventure |
| Adventure | Commander William James |
| Schooner | 11 May 1780- |
| Massachusetts Privateer Schooner |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 11 May 1780 |
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| Owners: | John Dyson of Beverly, Massachusetts |
| Tonnage: | 34, 48 |
| Battery: | Date Reported: 11 May 1780 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 6/ Total: 6 cannon/ Broadside: 3 cannon/ Swivels: eight |
| Crew: | 11 May 1780: 26 [total] |
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The 34-ton1 (or 48-ton)2 Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Adventure was commissioned on 11 May 1780 under William James of Beverly, Massachusetts.3 She was listed as being armed with six guns and eight swivel guns4 and as having a crew of twenty-five men. Her Continental bond ($5000) and Massachusetts bond (£4000) were signed by James and by John Dyson and Benjamin Goldthwait of Beverly. Dyson was listed as the owner.5 [Despite the difference in tons, this may be the same schooner as that commanded by Newman: see Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Adventure]
1 Claghorn, Naval Officers of the American Revolution, 164
2 Howe, Beverly Privateers in the Revolution, 405
3 Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 68
4 Howe, Beverly Privateers in the Revolution, 405
5 Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 68
| Revised 10 December 2008 |
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