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Rhode Island Privateer Sloop Rover |
| Rover | Commander John Horne |
| Armed Sloop | 13 November 1776- |
| Rhode Island Privateer Sloop |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 13 November 1776 |
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| Owners: | Nicholas Brown |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 28 March 1777 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 14/ Total: 14 cannon/ Broadside: 7 cannon/ Swivels: fourteen |
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Rhode Island Privateer Sloop Rover was commissioned on 13 November 1776 under Commander John Horne. Her owner was listed as Nicholas Brown.1
In mid-March 1777, in company with Rhode Island Privateer Sloop Montgomery (Commander Thomas Ruttenber), she put into Galway Bay, Ireland. The two commanders and part of their crews went ashore to procure provisions and water, for which they paid in United States dollars. The crews, dressed in blue uniforms with cockades, and each carrying a pistol, secured the area. The sailors told the locals they had been out ten weeks from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and had taken four prizes together. The commanders loaded their supplies and sailed within twenty-four hours. The skippers reportedly behaved with “the greatest Politeness.” The report indicated each sloop was armed with fourteen guns and fourteen swivels.2
1 Sheffield, An Address Delivered by William P. Sheffield before the Rhode Island Historical Society, 59
2 NDAR, “Public Advertiser, Friday, March 28, 1777,” VIII, 722
| Posted 22 February 2011 |
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