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Maryland Privateer Brigantine Virginia |
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| Virginia | Commander Joseph Greenway |
| Armed Brig | 11 April 1780- |
| Maryland Privateer Brigantine |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 11 April 1780 |
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| Owners: | Hooe & Harrison of Alexandria, Virginia |
| Tonnage: | 100 |
| Battery: | Date Reported: 11 April 1780 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 8/ Total: 8 cannon/ Broadside: 4 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 11 April 1780: 25 [total] |
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Comments:
The 100-ton Maryland Privateer Brigantine Virginia was commissioned on 11 April 1780 under Commander Joseph Greenway,1 possibly of Alexandria, Virginia.2 She is listed as having eight guns, with four swivel guns, and a crew of twenty-four men. Her owners are given as Hooe & Harrison of Alexandria, Virginia.3 Virginia was bonded for $10,000 by Greenway and George Mann of Annapolis, Maryland.4
1 Archives of Maryland: Journal and Correspondence of the Council of Maryland, 1779-1780, 43:137
2 NRAR, 487
3 Archives of Maryland: Journal and Correspondence of the Council of Maryland, 1779-1780, 43:137
4 NRAR, 487
| Posted 7 May 2010 |
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