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Connecticut Privateer Sloop Washington |
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| Washington | (1) Commander Israel Deming |
| Armed Sloop | 7 September 1779- |
| Connecticut Privateer Sloop | (2) Commander Richard Rennals [Reynolds]
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| Commissioned/First Date: | 7 September 1779 |
| Out of Service/Cause: | [20] February 1780/captured by British passengers |
| Owners: | (1) Justus Riley and John Wright & Co., the latter of Wethersfield, Connecticut; (2) John Broome & Co. of Hartford, Connecticut |
| Tonnage: | 60 |
| Battery: | Date Reported: 7 September 1779 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 8/ Total: 8 cannon/ Broadside: 4 cannon/ Swivels: Date Reported: 24 November 1779 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 10/ Total: 10 cannon/ Broadside: 5 cannon/ Swivels: Date Reported: 5 February 1780 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 6/ Total: 6 cannon/ Broadside: 3 cannon/ Swivels: Date Reported: 14 March 1780 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 6/ Total: 6 cannon/ Broadside: 3 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | (1) 7 September 1779: 41 [total]
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| Cruises: | (1) New London, Connecticut to sea, [20] February 1780-[20] February 1780 |
| Prizes: | (1) British Transport Sloop [unknown], 1 October 1779
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Connecticut Privateer Sloop Washington was commissioned on 7 September 1779 under Commander Israel Deming of Wethersfield, Connecticut. She was reported with eight guns and a crew of forty men. Washington was bonded for $5,000 by Deming, Barnabas Deane and John Wright, both of Wethersfield. Her owners were Justus Wright and John Wright & Co.1
On 1 October 1779 Washington captured two British victualler transport sloops at Blue Point, on the south side of Long Island.2
Washington was advertised for sale on 24 November 1779, with the sale to be held the next day. She was noted as measuring sixty tons and as having ten guns.3 The sloop was apparently sold to John Broome & Co. of Hartford, Connecticut. She was commissioned on 5 February 1780 under Commander Richard Rennals [Reynolds] of Wethersfield. She was reported with six guns and a crew of twenty men. Washington was bonded for $5,000 (or £1000) by Rennals, James Church and Charles Caldwell, both of Hartford, Connecticut.4
About 20 February 1780 Washington sailed from New London, bound for the West Indies. She was said to be armed with six guns. Aboard the Washington were “. . . several Old Countrymen, some of whom had belonged to Gen. Burgoyne’s Army . . .” Within a few hours after Reynolds sailed these men rose on the crew and seized the sloop. They cruised in Long Island Sound for a few days, and then put into Huntington Harbor on Long Island.5
1 NRAR, 489; Middlebrook, Maritime Connecticut During the Revolution, II, 241; Emmons, 168, where Deming appears as “J. Deming,” and she is said to be a Pennsylvania vessel.
2 Middlebrook, Maritime Connecticut During the Revolution, II, 241
3 The Connecticut Gazette and the Universal Intelligencer [New London], Wednesday, November 24, 1779
4 NRAR, 489; Middlebrook, Maritime Connecticut During the Revolution, II, 241
5 The Connecticut Courant [Hartford], Tuesday, March 14, 1780
| Posted 14 May 2010 |
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