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Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Aurora




Aurora

Commander Rene Chaloche

Schooner

2 November 1781-

Massachusetts Privateer Schooner


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2 November 1781

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Date Reported: 2 November 1781

Number/Caliber  Weight           Broadside

6/

Total: 6 cannon/

Broadside: 3 cannon/

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2 November 1781: 21 [total]


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Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Aurora was commissioned on 2 November 1781 under Commander Rene Chaloche of Boston, Massachusetts. She was listed as being armed with six guns and having a crew of twenty men. Her $20000 bond was executed by Chaloche, and Daniel Dumaine and Bernard Lafitte (both of Boston).1

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1 NRAR, 231. Also listed in Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 77