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Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Zephyr |
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| Zephyr | Commander George Lane |
| Armed Brig | 8 November 1780- |
| Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine |
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| Commissioned/First Date: | 8 November 1780 |
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| Owners: | Ebenezer Lane of Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 8 November 1780 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 4/ Total: 4 cannon/ Broadside: 2 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 8 November 1780: 16 [total] |
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Comments:
Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Zephyr was commissioned on 8 November 1780 under Commander George Lane of Boston [or Hingham], Massachusetts. She was reported as being armed with four guns and as having a crew of fifteen men. Zephyr was bonded for $20,000 by Lane, and by Ebenezer Lane, and Nehemiah Somes of Boston.1
1 NRAR, 495; Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 330; Emmons, 169
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