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Maryland Privateer Ship York




York

Commander Thomas Moore

Armed Ship

13 July 1782-

Maryland Privateer Ship


Commissioned/First Date:

13 July 1782

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Owners:

John McLure and Hugh Young of Baltimore, Maryland


Tonnage:

278


Battery:

Date Reported: 13 July 1782

Number/Caliber  Weight        Broadside

10/

Total: 10 cannon/

Broadside: 5 cannon/

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Crew:

13 July 1782: 42 [total]


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The 278-ton Maryland Privateer Ship York was commissioned on 13 July 1782 under Commander Thomas Moore. She was reported as being armed with ten guns and as having a crew of forty-one men. Her owners are given as John McLure and Hugh Young of Baltimore, Maryland.1



1 Archives of Maryland: Journal and Correspondence of the Council of Maryland, 1781-1784, 48:213-214


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