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Virginia Privateer Ship Annett |
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| Annett [Annette] | Commander John Audubon |
| Armed Ship | 23 March 1782- |
| Virginia Privateer Ship |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 23 March 1782 |
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| Owners: | David Ross & Co. of Virginia |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 23 March 1782 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 12/ Total: 12 cannon/ Broadside: 6 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 23 March 1782: 46 [total] |
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| Cruises: | (1) Virginia to Aux Cayes, Saint-Domingue, March 1782-April 1782
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Virginia Privateer Ship Annett was commissioned on 23 March 1782 under Commander John Audubon of Virginia. She was listed as being armed with twelve guns and having a forty-five man crew. Her $20000 bond was executed by Audubon and George Nicolson of Virginia.1
Annett (or Annette) was at Aux Cayes, Saint-Domingue on 9 April 1782. A document signed by “Jean” Audubon states that he was captain and part owner, and that she had a cargo of tobacco and was bound for Nantes, France. The tobacco was on the account of Ezekiel Edwards of Nantes. Audubon successfully delivered the cargo to Nantes.2
1 NRAR, 227. In Claghorn, Naval Officers of the American Revolution, 10, Audubon’s name is spelled correctly. In NRAR it is spelled “Audobon.”
2 Herrick, Francis Hobart, Audubon the Naturalist A History of His Life and Time, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1917, vol I, 34, 34n11, 121, 121n10. Online here. This was the father of John James Audubon, the famous naturalist.
| Revised 9 March 2012 |
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