Ajax	Commander John Harr
Armed Brig	6 January 1781-
Pennsylvania Privateer Brigantine

Commissioned/First Date:	6 January 1781
Out of Service/Cause:	1781/captured by the British

Owners:

John Wilcocks & Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Tonnage:

Battery:

Date Reported: 6 January 1781 Number/Caliber  Weight        Broadside 8/ Total: 8 cannon/ Broadside: 4 cannon/ Swivels:

Crew:

6 January 1781: 25 [total]

Description:

Officers:

(1) First Mate John Ute, 6 January 1781-

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Comments:

Pennsylvania Privateer Brigantine Ajax was commissioned under Commander John Harr of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 6 January 1781, with a bond of $20000 being given by owner Wilcocks and Harr. First Mate John Ute was also a Philadelphian. Ajax had a battery of eight guns and a crew of twenty-three.¹ This vessel was taken by the British in 1781. Her High Court of Admiralty records indicate she was a re-capture, formerly being a British merchant vessel.²

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¹ NRAR, 223

² HCA 32/265/15/1-21