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Virginia Privateer Ship Wolf |
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| Wolf | Commander Samuel Butler |
| Armed Ship | 10 May 1782- |
| Virginia Privateer Ship |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 10 May 1782 |
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| Owners: | Baker and Blow, of Richmond, Virginia |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 10 May 1782 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 16/ Total: 16 cannon/ Broadside: 8 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 10 May 1782: 61 [total] |
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Comments:
Virginia Privateer Ship Wolf was commissioned on 10 May 1782 under Commander Samuel Butler1 of Edenton, North Carolina.2 She was reported as having sixteen guns and manned with sixty men. Her bond of $20,000 was executed by Butler and George Nicolson of Richmond.3
1 NRAR, 494
2 Claghorn, Naval Officers of the American Revolution, 45-46
3 NRAR, 494; Emmons, 168
| Posted 6 April 2011 |
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