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Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Venus |
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| Venus | Commander John Young |
| Armed Brig | 23 December 1780- |
| Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 23 December 1780 |
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| Owners: | John Codman et al of Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 23 December 1780 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 6/ Total: 6 cannon/ Broadside: 3 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 23 December 1780: 16 [total] |
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Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Venus was commissioned on 23 December 1780 under Commander John Young of Boston, Massachusetts. She was listed as having six guns and fifteen men in her crew. Venus was bonded for $20,000 by Young, John Codman and William Smith, both of Boston.1 At the same time the Massachusetts Council permitted Venus to clear for the West Indies with a cargo of fish, said to be unfit for human consumption.2
1 NRAR, 485; Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 316
2 MASSRW 17:1025
| Posted 23 December 2009 |
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