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Connecticut Privateer Brigantine Venus |
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| Venus | Commander Joseph Conkling |
| Armed Brig | 6 September 1781-6 September 1781 |
| Connecticut Privateer Brigantine |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 6 September 1781 |
| Out of Service/Cause: | 6 September 1781/burned in the Thames River, Connecticut |
| Owners: | [Thomas Mumford of Norwich, Connecticut, and William Havens of New London, Connecticut] |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 6 September 1781 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 10/ Total: 10 cannon/ Broadside: 5 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 6 September 1781: 61 [total] |
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| Actions: | (1) New London Raid, 6 September 1781 |
Comments:
Connecticut Privateer Brigantine Venus was commissioned on 6 September 1781 under Commander Joseph Conkling, of New London County, Connecticut. She was listed as having ten guns and sixty men in her crew. Venus was bonded for $20,000 by Conkling, Thomas Mumford of Norwich, Connecticut, and William Havens of New London County.1 Venus never got to sea. The day she was commissioned, New London and Groton were attacked by the British under command of Benedict Arnold. Venus was burned in the Thames River.2
1 NRAR, 486; Middlebrook, Maritime Connecticut During the Revolution, 239-240
2 Middlebrook, Maritime Connecticut During the Revolution, 239-240
| Revised 13 December 2009 |
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