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Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Vulture |
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| Vulture | Commander William Chaloner |
| Schooner | 19 October 1782- |
| Massachusetts Privateer Schooner |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 19 October 1782 |
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| Owners: | William Chaloner of Machias, Massachusetts [Maine |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 19 October 1782 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 4/ Total: 4 cannon/ Broadside: 2 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 19 October 1782: 19 [total] |
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Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Vulture was commissioned on 19 October 1782 under Commander William Chaloner, of Machias, Massachusetts (Maine), also her principal owner. She is listed as having four guns and a crew of eighteen men. Vulture was bonded for $20,000 by Chaloner and Elias Parkman and Benjamin Coolidge.1
1 NRAR, 488; Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 319
| Posted 7 May 2010 |
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