Batchelor	Commander Alexander Holmes
Sloop-of-War	2 November 1779-
Massachusetts Privateer Ship

Commissioned/First Date:	2 November 1779
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Owners:

William Erskine et al of Boston, Massachusetts

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Date Reported: 2 November 1779 Number/Caliber  Weight        Broadside 16/ Total: 16 cannon/ Broadside: 8 cannon/ Swivels:

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2 November 1779: 121 [total]

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Massachusetts Privateer Ship Batchelor was commissioned on 2 November 1779 under Commander Alexander Holmes of Boston, Massachusetts. She was listed as having a battery of sixteen guns and as being manned with a crew of 120 men. Her $10000 Continental bond was signed by Holmes and by William Erskine and Henry Mitchell of Boston. Batchelor’s £4000 Massachusetts bond was signed by Holmes and by Martin Brimmer and Samuel Nicholson of Boston. Her owners were listed as William Erskine and others of Boston.¹

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¹ Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 78