United States Privateers

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Privateers of the American Revolution

Name	Type	Home Port	Guns	Crew	Dates of Service
Active	Brig	Beverley	12	60	1781 - 1781
Adventure	Schooner	Beverley	6	35	1779 -
America	Schooner		10
Baltimore Hero	schooner		6
Betsey	Sloop		10
Betsey	Brig
Black Prince	Ship	Salem	18	130	1778/06/17 -
Buccanier	Ship	Beverley	18	150
Centipede	Schooner	Beverley	0	35	1777/12/23 -
Charming Peggy	Brig		12
Diana	Schooner	Beverley	4	20	1781/08/20 - 1783/03
Dolphin	Schooner
Dolphin	Schooner	Beverley	6	35	1781
Eagle		Beverley			1780 – 1780/07/21
Essex	Ship	Beverley	20	140	1780/05 – 1781/06/10
Fish Hawk	Sloop	Beverley	8	50	1779/09/01 - 1781
Fly	Sloop	Beverley	4	40	1778/08/29 -
Franklin	Brig	Beverley	18	100	1778 - 1782
General Gates	Schooner		6		– 1776/10
Hampden	Brig	Beverley	14	120	1777/07/05 - ?
Hannah and Molly	Brig
Hawk	Brig	Marblehead
Hope	Brig		6	35
Hopewell	Schooner	Beverley	0	40	1782/07 – 1783/03
Independence	Schooner		6
Independence
Joseph	Brig		8
Junius Brutus		Salem	20	120	1780/05 - 1782
Lady Washington	Sloop
Liberty	Schooner		6
Massachusetts	Brig		16
Mohawk	Ship	Beverley	20	130	1781/11/08 – 1782/09
Oliver Cromwell	Brig	Beverley	16	120	1777 - 1781/08
Pilgrim	Ship	Beverley	16	140	1778/09/12 – 1782-10
Reprisal	Brig	Boston	8
Republic	Sloop		12
Retaliation	Brig	Beverley	10	70	1776/09/04-1777/09?
Revenge	Sloop	Salem	12	60	1776/05/14-
Revolution	Ship	Beverley	20	130	1782/03/06 - 1783/03
Rover	Sloop	Salem	8		? - 1780
Scorpion	Schooner	Beverley	2	40	1777
Scourge	Ship	Beverley	20	117	1781/05/24 – 1782/04/22
Shaker	Galley	Beverley	6	40	1782/05/08 - 1783/03
Speedwell	Sloop		8
Sturdy Beggar	Schooner	Salem	6	20
Terrible Creature		Beverley	16	100	1778
True American	Schooner	Beverley	10	70	1777 - ?
Vengeance	Brig	Newburyport	18	100	? - 1779/08/14
Warren	Schooner	Beverley	5		1776 – 1777/12/12
Washington	Brig	Beverley	12	80	1776 - 1777
Wilkes	Brig	Gloucester	16
Yankee Hero	Brig		14	40	1776-1776/06
Yankee Ranger					1776
Yankee	Sloop		9	16	1776-1776/07

Privateers in the War of 1812

Name	Type	Home Port	Guns	Crew	Dates of Service
Abaellino		Boston
Active		Salem			0000 – 1813/00/00
Alexander		Salem	18		0000 – 1813/05/20
Alfred		Salem
Amelia		Baltimore
America	Sloop	Salem	17
Anaconda		New York	16	160
Antelope		Newburyport
Argo		Baltimore
Arrow		New York
Atlas		Philadelphia
Avon		Boston
Benjamin Franklin		New York	9	120
Black Joke		New York	3	60
Blakely		Boston
Blockade		Bristol
Bona		Baltimore	7	80
Buckskin		Salem			0000 – 1813/00/00
Bunker Hill		New York	14	140
Cadet		Salem
Caroline		Baltimore
Castigator		Salem
Catherine		Boston
Champlain		Boston
Charles Morris		Boston
Charles Stewart		Boston
Chasseur		Baltimore
China		New York	18
Comet		Baltimore	14	120
Cossack		Salem			0000 – 1813/00/00
Cumberland		Salem
Curlew		Boston
Dart		Salem
Dash		Portland
Dash		Baltimore			1814/07/00 -
Decatur		Charleston	7	103
Decatur		Newburyport
Delille	Schooner	Baltimore
Diomede		Salem
Divided we Fall		New York	3	50
Dolphin		Baltimore	12	100
Dolphin		Salem			0000 – 1813/00/00
Dromo		Boston
Eagle		Charleston
Eagle		New York	1	50
Eldridge Gerry		Salem
Enterprize		Salem			0000 – 1813/00/00
Expedition		Baltimore
Fair Trader		Salem	1	15	0000 – 1813/00/00
Fairy		Baltimore
Fame		Boston
Fame		Salem
Fly		Salem
Fox		Baltimore
Fox		Portsmouth
Frolic		Salem
Gallinipper		Salem			0000 – 1813/00/00
General Armstrong	Brig	New York	18	140	0000 – 1814/09/26
General Putnam		Salem
General Stark		Salem	2	12
General Washington		Norfolk
George Little		Boston
Globe		Baltimore	9	90
Governor Gerry		Fair Haven
Governor Mckean		Philadelphia
Governor Plumer		Portsmouth
Governor Tompkins		New York	14	143
Grampus		Baltimore
Grand Turk		Salem	18		1813/01/28 - 1814
Growler		Salem			0000 – 1813/00/00
Guerriere		Portsmouth
Halkar		New York	16	160
Harlequin		Portsmouth
Harpy		Baltimore
Harrison		Baltimore
Hawk		Washington NC
Hazard		New York		28
Hero		Newbern
High Flyer		Baltimore	8	100
Hornet		Baltimore	2	50	1812 – 1812/09/03
Hunter		Boston
Hyder Ali		Boston	16	50	1812/01/31 - 1812
Industry		Marblehead
Ino		Boston
Invincible		New York
Isaac Hull		New York	17
Jacks Favorite		New York	4	80
Jefferson		Salem
Joel Barlow		New London
John		Salem	16	160	0000 – 1813/00/00
John & George		Salem
Joseph & Mary		Baltimore	6	83
Kemp		Baltimore
Lady Cordelia		Charleston
Lady Madison		Charleston
Lark		New York
Lawrence		Baltimore
Leach		Salem
Leader		Providence
Leander		Rhode Island
Leo		Boston
Liberty		Baltimore	2	50
Lion		Marblehead
Lovely Lass		Wilmington
Ludlow		Portsmouth
Macdonough		Boston
Macdonough		Rhode Island
Macedonian		Boston
Macedonian		Portsmouth
Madison		Salem	1
Mammoth		Baltimore
Marengo		New York	7	50
Mars		New London
Mars		New York
Mars		Portland
Mars		Portsmouth
Mary Ann		Charleston	1	50
Matilda		Philadelphia			0000 – 1813/09/00
Midas		Baltimore
Montgomery		Salem	12		0000 – 1813/00/00
Morgianna		New York
Nancy		Salem
Nonpareil		Charleston
Nonsuch		Baltimore	12	100
Orders in Council		New York	16	120
Owl		Salem			0000 – 1813/00/00
Patapsco		Baltimore
Patriot		New York	2	50
Paul Jones		New York	17	120
Perry		Baltmore
Pike		Baltmore
Polly		Salem
Poor Sailor		Charleston
Portsmouth		Portsmouth
Prince de Neufchatel	Brig	New York	18	150
Providence		Newport
Ranger		Boston
Rapid		Charleston
Rattlesnake	Brig	Philadelphia	14
Regulator		Salem			0000 – 1813/00/00
Reindeer		Boston
Resolution		Baltimore
Retaliation		New York	6	100
Revenge		Baltimore	16	140
Revenge		Philadelphia
Revenge		Salem			0000 – 1813/00/00
Right of Search		New York	1	60
Roger		Norfolk
Rolla		Baltimore	6	80
Rosamund		New York	13	130
Rossie		Baltimore	14	120
Rover		New York	2	35
Sarah Ann		Baltimore	2	50
Saranac		Baltimore
Saratoga		New York	18	140
Saucy Jack		Charleston
Science		Portsmouth
Scorpion		Salem
Scourge	Schooner	New York	15
Shadow		Philadelphia
Shark		New York
Sine-Qua-Non		Boston
Snap Dragon		Newburn
Snowbird		Marblehead
Sparrow		Baltimore	6	80
Spencer		Philadelphia
Spitfire		New York	2	54
Spy		New Orleans
Squando		Portsmouth
Surprise		Baltimore
Surprise		Salem
Swallow		New York	6
Swiftsure
Swordfish		Salem
Syren		Baltimore
Tartar		New York	6	80
Teazer		New York	3	50
Terrible		Salem
Thomas		Portsmouth
Thorn		Marblehead
Timothy Pickering		Salem
Tom		Baltimore	16	130
Tomahawk
Trasher		Salem
True Blooded Yankee
Turnover		New York	2	50
Two Brothers		New Orleans
Two Friends		Barnstable
Union		New York	1	24
United we Stand		New York	3	50
Viper		Salem
Volunteer		New York	22
Warrior		New York
Wasp		Baltimore	2	50
Wasp		Philadelphia
Wasp		Salem	2		0000/00/00 – 1813/07/31
Water Witch		Bristol
Whig		Baltimore
Wily Reynard		Boston
Xebec Ulton		Baltimore
Yankee		Bristol
Yankee Lass
York		Baltimore
Yorktown		New York	18	160
Young Eagle		New York
Young Teazer		New York			0000/00/00 – 1813/06/00
Young Wasp		Philadelphia

Letters of Marque in the War of 1812

Name	Type	Home Port	Guns	Crew	Dates of Service
Adeline		Philadelphia
America		Baltimore	16	115
Argus		Boston
Baltimore		Baltimore
Bellona		Philadelphia
Brutus		Boston
Clara		Baltimore
Commodore Decatur		Philadelphia
Cossack		Baltimore
Criterion		New York
Dash		Philadelphia
David Porter		New York
Delila		Baltimore
Diamond		Baltimore
Eliza		Charleston
Falcon		Baltimore	4	16	1814 – 1814/07/19
Flirt		New York
Galloway		New York
Gossamer		Boston
Gypsy		New York
Henry Guilder		New York
Herald		New York
Hero		New York
Hope		Philadelphia
Ida		Boston
Jacob Jones		Boston
James Monroe		New York
Jonquill		New York

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Little George		Boston
Lottery		Baltimore	6	35	0000 / 1813/02/15
Ned		Baltimore
Orlando		Gloucester
Pilot		Baltimore
Rambler		Boston
Sabine		Baltimore
Sine-Qua-Non		New York
Siro		Baltimore
Syphinx		Boston
Transit		Baltimore
Tuckanoe		Baltimore
Viper	Schooner	New York
Volant		Boston
Water Witch		New York

Sources

List extacted from:

A History of American Privateers and Letters of Marque 1812-14 by George Coggeshall

A History of American Privateering by Edgar St Anton Maclay

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