Fortune	Commander Thomas Rice
Schooner	5 September 1778-
New Hampshire Privateer Schooner

Commissioned/First Date:	5 September 1778
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Date Reported: 5 September 1778 Number/Caliber  Weight        Broadside 2/ Total: 2 cannon/ Broadside: 1 cannon/ Swivels:

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5 September 1778: 46 [total]

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New Hampshire Privateer Schooner Fortune was commissioned on 5 September 1778 under Commander Thomas Rice of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She was reported as being armed with two guns and as having a crew of forty-five men.¹

¹ Claghorn, Naval Officers of the American Revolution, 256

Posted 19 May 2011

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