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Pennsylvania Privateer Brig Betsey




Betsey

Commander Christopher Bradley

Armed Brig

1 August 1778-

Pennsylvania Privateer Brig


Commissioned/First Date:

1 August 1778

Out of Service/Cause:


Owners:

Joseph C. Fisher and Robert Knox & Co., all of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


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Battery:

Date Reported: 1 August 1778

Number/Caliber  Weight        Broadside

4/

Total: 4 cannon/

Broadside: 2 cannon/

Swivels:


Crew:

1 August 1778: 11 [total]


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Pennsylvania Privateer Brig Betsey was commissioned on 1 August 1778 under Commander Christopher Bradley of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was listed as being armed with four guns,1 six swivel guns,2 and having a crew of ten men. Her $10000 bond was executed by Joseph C. Fisher and John D. Mercier, both of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.3

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1 NRAR, 234

2 Claghorn, Naval Officers of the American Revolution, 31. Claghorn also says she had but two cannon.

3 NRAR, 234