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Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Betsey |
| Betsey | Commander George West, Jr. |
| Schooner | 16 May 1780-October 1781- |
| Massachusetts Privateer Schooner |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 16 May 1780 |
| Out of Service/Cause: | October 1781/captured by the Surprize |
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Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Betsey was commissioned on 16 May 1780 under Commander George West. Jr.1 About October 1781 Betsey (or West) was captured by the British vessel Surprize. West was later exchanged. The British counted Betsey as a recapture.2
1 Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 81
2 Claghorn, Naval Officers of the American Revolution, 332