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Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Adventure |
| Adventure | Commander Robert Newman |
| Schooner | 8 September 1779- |
| Massachusetts Privateer Schooner |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 8 September 1779 |
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| Owners: | [Larkin Thorndike and Sewell Tuck, both of Beverly, Massachusetts] |
| Tonnage: | 45, 48 |
| Battery: | Date Reported: 8 September 1779 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 6/ Total: 6 cannon/ Broadside: 3 cannon/ Swivels: eight |
| Crew: | 8 September 1779: 36 [total] |
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Comments:
The 45-ton1 (or 48-ton)2 Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Adventure was commissioned on 8 September 17793 under Robert Newman of Beverly, Massachusetts.4 She was listed as being armed with six guns and eight swivel guns and as having a crew of thirty-five men.5 Her Continental bond ($5000) and Massachusetts bond (£4000) were signed by Newman and by Larkin Thorndike and Sewall Tuck of Beverly.6
1 Claghorn, Naval Officers of the American Revolution, 219
2 Howe, Beverly Privateers in the Revolution, 405
3 This is the date in Claghorn, Naval Officers of the American Revolution, 219 and Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 68. In Howe, Beverly Privateers in the Revolution, 405, the date is 8 September 1777, two years earlier. The year 1779 would seem to be correct.
4 Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 68
5 Howe, Beverly Privateers in the Revolution, 405
6 Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 68
| Revised 10 December 2008 |
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