Back
to
V
Massachusetts Privateer Galley Volunteer




Volunteer

Commander William Hart

Patrol Craft

13 May 1782-

Massachusetts Privateer Galley


Commissioned/First Date:

13 May 1782

Out of Service/Cause:


Owners:

Dimond Morton, Peter Geyer et al, of Boston, Massachusetts


Tonnage:


Battery:

Date Reported: 13 May 1782

Number/Caliber  Weight        Broadside

1/

Total: 1 cannon/

Broadside: 1 cannon/

Swivels:


Crew:

13 May 1782: 26 [total]


Description:


Officers:


Cruises:


Prizes:


Actions:


Comments:

Massachusetts Privateer Galley Volunteer was commissioned on 13 May 1782 under Commander William Hart, of Boston, Massachusetts. She is listed as having one gun and a crew of twenty-five men. Volunteer was bonded for $20,000 by Hart, Morton and Geyer.1



1 NRAR, 488; Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 319


Posted 7 May 2010 web counterweb counter