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Pennsylvania Privateer Schooner Vengeance |
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| Vengeance | (1) Commander Stephen Benezet |
| Schooner | 23 July 1781- |
| Pennsylvania Privateer Schooner | (2) Commander Joseph Parker
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| Commissioned/First Date: | 23 July 1781 |
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| Owners: | Joseph Gallego and Joseph de Landa, both of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 23 July 1781 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 8/ Total: 8 cannon/ Broadside: 4 cannon/ Swivels: Date Reported: 4 November 1781 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 6/ Total: 6 cannon/ Broadside: 3 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | (1) 23 July 1781: 17 [total]
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| Officers: | (1) First Mate William Connell, 23 July 1781-; (2) First Mate Joseph de Landa, 4 November 1781- |
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Schooner Vengeance (Stephen Benezet) was at Aux Cayes, Saint Domingue, in the French West Indies in May 1781. She sailed for home and arrived in Philadelphia on 24 June 1781.1
Following her return, on 23 July 1781, Vengeance was commissioned as Pennsylvania Privateer Schooner under Commander Stephen Bezenet, of Philadelphia. William Connell of Philadelphia served as First Mate. She was listed as having eight guns and fifteen men in her crew. Vengeance was bonded for $20,000 by Bezenet and the two owners.2
Vengeance was re-commissioned on 4 November 1781 under Joseph Parker of Philadelphia, with six guns in battery and a crew of eleven men. Owner Joseph de Landa served as First Mate. She was bonded for $20,000 by the two owners.3
1 The New-Jersey Gazette, Wednesday, July 4, 1781, datelined Philadelphia June 30, 1781
2 NRAR, 484
3 NRAR, 485
| Revised 9 December 2009 |
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