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New Hampshire Privateer Brigantine Fair American |
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| Fair American | Commander John Frost |
| Armed Brig | 31 July 1781-2 May 1782 |
| New Hampshire Privateer Brigantine |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 31 July 1781 |
| Out of Service/Cause: | 2 May 1782/captured by HM Frigates Amphion and Amphitrite; HM Sloop Hornet; and British Privateer Digby |
| Owners: | John Walmsley et al of Portsmouth, New Hampshire |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 31 July 1781 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 8/ Total: 8 cannon/ Broadside: 4 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 31 July 1781: 31 [total] |
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Comments:
New Hampshire Privateer Brigantine Fair American was commissioned on 31 July 1781 under Commander John Frost of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She was listed as having a battery of eight guns and a crew of thirty men. Fair American’s $20000 bond was signed by Frost and by John Walmsley and George Libbey, both of Portsmouth.1
On 2 May 1782 the Fair American was captured by HM Frigates Amphion (Captain John Bazely) and Amphitrite (Captain Thomas Gaborian); HM Sloop Hornet (Commander Francis Tinsley); and British Privateer Digby.2 She was sent into New York, New York, and tried and condemned.3
1 NRAR, 287
2 The London Gazette, “List of Captures,” Saturday, September 21 to Tuesday, September 24, 1782
3 HCA 32/328/7/1-10
| Posted 22 May 2011 |
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