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Maryland Privateer Schooner Alert




Alert

Commander William Beall

Schooner

29 June 1782-

Maryland Privateer Schooner


Commissioned/First Date:

29 June 1782

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Owners:

Samuel Inglis & Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


Tonnage:

61


Battery:

Date Reported: 29 June 1782

Number/Caliber  Weight        Broadside

4/

Total: 4 cannon/

Broadside: 2 cannon/

Swivels: two


Crew:

29 June 1782: 13 [total]


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The 61-ton Maryland Privateer Schooner Alert was commissioned under Commander William Beall on 29 June 1782. .Alert was listed as having a battery of four guns, with two swivels, and a crew of twelve men. Her owners are listed as Samuel Inglis & Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.1

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1 Archives of Maryland: Journal and Correspondence of the Council of Maryland, 1781-1784, 48:203