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Massachusetts Privateer Ship Virginia |
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| Virginia | Commander William Claghorn |
| Armed Ship | 12 February 1782-[November] 1782 |
| Massachusetts Privateer Ship |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 12 February 1782 |
| Out of Service/Cause: | [November] 1782/captured by the British |
| Owners: | Jonathan Nutting et al of Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 12 February 1782 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 10/ Total: 10 cannon/ Broadside: 5 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 12 February 1782: 26 [total] |
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Massachusetts Privateer Ship Virginia was commissioned on 12 February 1782 under Commander William Claghorn, of Bedford, Massachusetts. She is listed as having ten guns and a crew of twenty-five men. Virginia was bonded for $20,000 by Claghorn, Nutting, and Ebenezer Woodward of Boston.1
Virginia was captured by the British about November 1783 and sent into New York, New York. She was tried and condemned there. Claghorn appears in the records as “Clayhorn.” It is also stated that Virginia was formerly the English merchant ship Betty.2
She was advertised for sale on 6 January 1783, with the sale to be held on 8 January.3
1 NRAR, 488; Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 318
2 HCA 32/475/11/1-15
3 The New-York Gazette; and The Weekly Mercury, Monday, January 6, 1783
| Posted 7 May 2010 |
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