Betsey [Betsy]	Commander Robert Dashiell
Armed Sloop	16 November 1776-
Maryland Privateer Sloop

Commissioned/First Date:	16 November 1776
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Owners:

William Hamsley et al of Maryland

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Date Reported: 16 November 1776 Number/Caliber  Weight     Broadside 10/ Total: 10 cannon/ Broadside: 5 cannon/ Swivels:

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16 November 1776: 21 [total]

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Maryland Privateer Sloop Betsey was commissioned on 16 November 1776 under Commander Robert Dashiell of Baltimore, Maryland. She was listed as having a battery of ten guns and a crew of twenty men. Her $2000 bond was signed by Dashiell and William Hamsley.¹ She arrived in [Martinique] prior to 18 April 1777.²

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¹ NRAR, 234. See also NDAR, “List of Bonds given on issuing Commissions for Privateers in the State of Maryland, delivered into the Office,” X, 703-704; Archives of Maryland: Journal and Correspondence of the Maryland Council of Safety, July 7:December 31, 1776, 12:452

² NDAR, VIII, 369. See NDAR, VII, 190; VIII, 139