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New Hampshire Privateer Brigantine Cormorant |
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| Cormorant | Commander John Perkins |
| Armed Brig | 14 December 1781-1782 |
| New Hampshire Privateer Brigantine |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 14 December 1781 |
| Out of Service/Cause: | 1782/captured by the British |
| Owners: | Andrew Wiggin, Samuel Baily, and John Perkins, all of Portsmouth, New Hampshire |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 14 December 1781 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 6/ Total: 6 cannon/ Broadside: 3 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 14 December 1781: 16 [total] |
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| Officers: | (1) Fist Mate Abraham Wheelwright, 14 December 1781-1782 |
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Comments:
New Hampshire Privateer Brigantine Cormorant was commissioned on 14 December 1781 under Commander John Perkins of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She was reported as being armed with six guns and as having a crew of fifteen men. Her $20000 bond was executed by Perkins and by Andrew Wiggin, Jr. and Joshua Chase, both of Portsmouth.1 Abraham Wheelwright served aboard as First Mate.2
The Cormorant made a voyage to the West Indies, but was captured on the way home and was taken into Bermuda.3
1 NRAR, 259
2 Bayley, William H., and Jones, Oliver O., History of the Marine Society of Newburyport, Massachusetts, from Its Incorporation in 1772 to the Year 1906: together with a Complete Roster and a Narrative of Important Events in the Lives of Its Members, Newburyport: Press of the Daily News, 1906, 342. Excerpts from statement of Abraham Wheelwright. Online.
3 Bayley, History of the Marine Society of Newburyport, Massachusetts, 342. Wheelwright statement.
| Posted 28 May 2011 |
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