Virtuous Orphan
Schooner	-March 1778
[Pennsylvania] Privateer Schooner

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Out of Service/Cause:	March 1778/captured by HM Frigate Diamond

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The “privateer schooner” Virtuous Orphan was captured in March 1778 by HM Frigate Diamond and sent into Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.¹

¹ “List of Vessels seized, destroyed or retaken by the American Squadron between the 25^th of October 1777, and the 28^th of September 1778, according to the Returns received by the Vice Admiral the Viscount Howe, exclusive of those seized or destroyed by His Majesty’s Ships in Chesapeake Bay, and on the Parts of the Coast of North America to the Southward thereof, of which a Return was made on the 23^rd of April 1778,” in The London Gazette, Saturday, November 21, to Tuesday, November 24, 1778

Posted 7 May 2010

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