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Maryland Privateer Brig Otho |
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| Otho | Commander John Martin |
| Armed Brig | 6 July 1781- |
| Maryland Privateer Brig |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 6 July 1781 |
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| Owners: | Samuel Smith of Baltimore, Maryland, and Wallace Johnson and John Muir of Annapolis, Maryland |
| Tonnage: | 130 |
| Battery: | Date Reported: 6 July 1781 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 12/ Total: 12 cannon/ Broadside: 6 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 6 July 1781: 36 [total] |
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| Cruises: | (1) [Baltimore], Maryland to St. Croix, Danish West Indies, [August] 1781-[September] 1781
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Comments:
The 130-ton Maryland Privateer Brig Otho was commissioned on 6 July 1781 under Commander John Martin, perhaps of Baltimore, Maryland. She was listed as having a battery of twelve guns and as having a crew of thirty-five men. Her owners are listed as Samuel Smith, Wallace Johnson and Muir of Maryland.1 Her $20000 bond was signed by Martin and by John Muir of Annapolis, Maryland.2
Otho sailed for the West Indies not too long after her commission. On 3 December 1781 Martin sailed from St. Croix in the Danish West Indies, and arrived at Annapolis on 27 December.3
1 Archives of Maryland: Journal and Correspondence of the Council of Maryland, 1780-1781, 45:495
2 NRAR, 408
3 The Massachusetts Spy: Or, American Oracle of Liberty [Worcester], Thursday, January 17, 1782, datelined Annapolis, December 27, 1781
| Posted 6 January 2011 |
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