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Pennsylvania Privateer Schooner Bishop




Bishop

Commander Richard Johns

Schooner

3 August 1779-

Pennsylvania Privateer Schooner


Commissioned/First Date:

3 August 1779

Out of Service/Cause:


Owners:

Hooe & Harrison of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


Tonnage:


Battery:

Date Reported: 3 August 1779

Number/Caliber  Weight        Broadside

8/

Total: 8 cannon/

Broadside: 4 cannon/

Swivels:


Crew:

3 August 1779: 21 [total]


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Pennsylvania Privateer Schooner Bishop was commissioned on 3 August 1779 under Commander Richard Johns of Charles County, Maryland . She was listed as having a battery of eight guns and a crew of twenty men. Her $10000 bond was signed by Robert Morris and Peter Whiteside, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.1

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1 NRAR, 239