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Rhode Island Privateer Brig Yorick |
| Yorick | Commander Charles Handy, Jr. |
| Armed Vessel | 9 July 1782- |
| Rhode Island Privateer Brig |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 9 July 1782 |
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| Owners: | Welcome Arnold |
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| Cruises: | (1) Providence, Rhode Island to St. Christopher’s, French West Indies, July 1782-July 1782
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Rhode Island Privateer Brig Yorick was commissioned on 9 July 1782 under Commander Charles Handy, Jr. Her owner was listed as Welcome Arnold.1
Yorick made a voyage to St. Christopher’s. She sailed from there about 21 August 1782 and returned to Providence in fifteen days, arriving on 5 September 1782.2
1 Sheffield, An Address Delivered by William P. Sheffield before the Rhode Island Historical Society, 62
2 The Providence Gazette and Country Journal, Saturday, September 7, 1782
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