Friendship	Commander Benjamin Boden
Armed Sloop	4 August 1780-
New Hampshire Privateer Sloop

Commissioned/First Date:	4 August 1780
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Date Reported: 4 August 1780 Number/Caliber  Weight        Broadside 2/ Total: 2 cannon/ Broadside: 1 cannon/ Swivels:

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4 August 1780: 9 [total]

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New Hampshire Privateer Sloop Friendship was commissioned on 4 August 1780 under Commander Benjamin Boden of Marblehead, Massachusetts. She was listed as being armed with two guns and as having a crew of eight men.¹

¹ Claghorn, Naval Officers of the American Revolution, 27-28

Posted 1 June 2011

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