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Connecticut Privateer Sloop York |
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| York | Commander Jabez Perkins III |
| Armed Sloop | 4 October 1779- |
| Connecticut Privateer Sloop |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 4 October 1779 |
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| Owners: | Jabez Perkins & Co. of Norwich, Connecticut |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 4 October 1779 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 6/ Total: 6 cannon/ Broadside: 3 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 4 October 1779: 11 [total] |
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Comments:
Connecticut Privateer Sloop York was commissioned on 4 October 1779 under Commander Jabez Perkins III, of Norwich. She was reported as being armed with six guns and as having a crew of ten men. York was bonded for $5,000 by the third Perkins, and by Jabez Perkins and Joshua Huntington, both of Norwich.1 She was owned by Jabez Perkins & Co. of Norwich and was an armed trading vessel.2
1 NRAR, 494; Middlebrook, History of Maritime Connecticut, II, 246
2 Middlebrook, History of Maritime Connecticut, II, 246
| Revised 30 May 2009 |
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