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Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Vulture |
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| Vulture | Commander Abraham Tappan |
| Armed Brig | 29 January 1782- |
| Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 29 January 1782 |
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| Owners: | Elias Hunt and William Bartlet, of Newburyport, Massachusetts |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 29 January 1782 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 4/ Total: 4 cannon/ Broadside: 2 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 29 January 1782: 13 [total] |
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Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Vulture was commissioned on 29 January 1782 under Commander Abraham Tappan of Newburyport, Massachusetts. She is listed as having four guns and a crew of twelve men. Vulture was bonded for $20,000 by Tappan and the two owners.1 There are some reports that Tappan “died at sea” in 1782.2
1 NRAR, 488; Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 319
2 http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/AMERICAN-REVOLUTION/2006-05/1147958461
| Posted 7 May 2010 |
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