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Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Adventurous Fisherman |
| Adventurous Fisherman |
| Schooner | Commander Nicholas Bartlett |
| Massachusetts Privateer Schooner | 29 August 1782- |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 29 August 1782 |
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| Owners: | Fortesque Vernon et al, of Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 29 August 1782 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 2/ Total: 2 cannon/ Broadside: 1 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 29 August 1782: 11 [total] |
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Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Adventurous Fisherman was commissioned under Nicholas Bartlett of Marblehead, Massachusetts, with a bond of $20000 being given by the commander, owner Vernon, and Joseph Prince of Boston. She was listed as having a battery of two guns and a crew of ten men.1 Bartlett was a veteran privateersman, Adventurous Fisherman being his fourth command.2
1 NRAR, 222. Also listed in Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 69
2 Claghorn, Naval Officers of the American Revolution, 18
| Revised 10 December 2008 |
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