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Massachusetts Privateer Sloop Rattlesnake |
| Rattlesnake | Commander Joshua Stone |
| Armed Sloop | 19 April 1777- |
| Massachusetts Privateer Sloop |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 19 April 1777 |
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| Owners: | Joseph Noyes & Co. of Falmouth, Casco Bay, Massachusetts [Maine] |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 19 April 1777 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 6/ Total: 6 cannon/ Broadside: 3 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 19 April 1777: 26 [total] |
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Massachusetts Privateer Sloop Rattlesnake (Rattle Snake) was commissioned on 19 April 1777 under Commander Joshua Stone of Falmouth, Cumberland County, Massachusetts [Maine]. She was listed as having a battery of six guns and a crew of twenty-five men. Rattlesnake's £1500 Continental bond was signed by Stone and by Jonathan Archer and Jonathan Fox.1
1 Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 251
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