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New Hampshire Privateer Ship Portsmouth |
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| Portsmouth | Commander Thomas Plamer |
| Armed Ship | 12 June 1780- |
| New Hampshire Privateer Ship |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 12 June 1780 |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 12 June 1780 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 12/ Total: 12 cannon/ Broadside: 6 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 12 June 1780: 51 [total] |
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New Hampshire Privateer Ship Portsmouth was commissioned on 12 June 1780 under Commander Thomas Palmer of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Portsmouth was listed as having a battery of twelve guns and a crew of fifty men. She is said to have been captured by the British in June 1781.1
1 Claghorn, Naval Officers of the American Revolution, 231
| Posted 5 September 2011 |
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