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New Hampshire Privateer Schooner Decoy |
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| Decoy | Commander William Meserve |
| Armed Ship | 15 September 1779- |
| New Hampshire Privateer Schooner |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 15 September 1779 |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 15 September 1779 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside
Total: Broadside: Swivels: eight |
| Crew: | 15 September 1779: 26 [total] |
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New Hampshire Privateer Schooner Decoy was commissioned on 15 September 1779 under Commander William Meserve of Portsmouth, Massachusetts [Maine]. She was listed as being armed with eight swivel guns and as having a crew of twenty-five men.1
1 Claghorn, Naval Officers of the American Revolution, 207
| Posted 13 June 2011 |
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