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New Hampshire Privateer Schooner Dolphin




Dolphin

Commander John Riley

Schooner

14 May 1782-

New Hampshire Privateer Schooner


Commissioned/First Date:

14 May 1782

Out of Service/Cause:


Owners:

Nathaniel Folsom et al of Portsmouth, New Hampshire


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Battery:

Date Reported: 14 May 1782

Number/Caliber  Weight        Broadside

4/

Total: 4 cannon/

Broadside: 2 cannon/

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Crew:

14 May 1782: 26 [total]


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New Hampshire Privateer Schooner Dolphin was commissioned on 14 May 1782 under Commander John Riley of Dover, New Hampshire. She was listed as having a battery of four guns and a crew of twenty-five men. Her $20000 bond was signed by Riley and by Nathaniel Folsom and Ichabod Nichols, both of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.1



1 NRAR, 274


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