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Massachusetts Privateer Ship Camberwell |
| Camberwell | Commander Silas Ewers [Ervers] |
| Armed Ship | 24 December 1781- |
| Massachusetts Privateer Ship |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 24 December 1781 |
| Out of Service/Cause: | 19 April 1783/end of hostilities |
| Owners: | Samuel Broome et al of Boston, Massachusetts |
| Tonnage: | 200 |
| Battery: | Date Reported: 24 December 1781 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 6/9pounder 54 pounds 27 pounds Total: 6 cannon/54 pounds Broadside: 3 cannon/ 27 pounds Swivels: six |
| Crew: | 24 December 1781: 19 [total]
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The 200-ton Massachusetts Privateer Ship Camberwell was a former British letter-of-marque ship, captured by the Americans. She was advertised for sale on 13 September 1781, along with two 3-pounder and six 9-pounder cannon and six swivel guns. Camberwell was said to measure about 200 tons.1 She was commissioned2 on 24 December 17813 under Commander Silas Ewers4 (or Ervers)5 of Boston, Massachusetts. Her battery was listed as six guns and her crew as eighteen men. Camberwell's $20000 bond was executed by Ewers, and Samuel Broome and William Pierpont, both of Boston.6
Her privateer career was evidently uneventful. On 14 September 1783, following the end of the war, she was advertised for sale again. She was again listed as 200 tons.7
1 The Independent Chronicle and the Universal Advertiser [Boston], Thursday, September 13, 1781
2 NRAR, 245
3 Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 91
4 NRAR, 245
5 Claghorn, Naval Officers of the American Revolution, 103
6 NRAR, 245
7 The Boston Gazette, and the Country Journal, Monday, September 22, 1783
| Posted 1 July 2008 |
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