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Rhode Island Privateer Schooner Wasp |
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| Wasp | (1) Commander William Cornell |
| Schooner | 26 February 1779- |
| Rhode Island Privateer Schooner | (2) Commander Joseph Briggs
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| Commissioned/First Date: | 26 February 1779 |
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| Owners: | Samuel Bailey |
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Rhode Island Privateer Schooner Wasp was commissioned on 26 February 1779 under Commander William Cornell. Her owner was listed as Samuel Bailey. Wasp was a schooner rigged boat. She was re-commissioned on 11 June 1779 under Commander Joseph Briggs.1
1 Sheffield, An Address Delivered by William P. Sheffield before the Rhode Island Historical Society, 61
| Posted 16 April 2011 |
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