Nationality | United States of America | |
Formerly | Merchant Brig Industrious Bee | |
Authorised | ||
Laid Down | ||
Named | 1777-Dec-19 | |
Launched | 1764 | |
Captured | 1777-Aug-29 | |
Purchased | 1777-Dec-19 | |
Shipyard | Bristol | |
Designer | ||
Constructor | ||
Outfitter | ||
Supplier | ||
Decks | 1 | |
Rate | Brigantine | |
In Service | 1777-Dec-19 | |
Out Service | 1779-Jun-02 | |
Fate | Sold |
Gun Deck | Keel | Beam | Depth | Draught | Burthen | Displacement | Source |
Date | Crew | Guns | Deck | B/S Weight | Source |
1778 | 18 |
Date From | Date to | Name | Source |
1777-Dec | 1778-Aug-03 | John Skimmer | W012 |
1778-Aug-03 | Lieutenant William Dennis | W012 | |
1779 | Daniel Waters | B037 |
Date From | Date To | Rank/Position | Name | Source |
1777-Dec | Lieutenant | William Dennis | W012 |
1777-Aug-29 | Captured by the continental schooner Lee |
1778-May-24 | Left Marblehead in company with the privateer brigantine Hawk |
1778 | Took the ship Jenny and the brigantines Thomasand Nancy |
1778-Aug | The two vessels parted company |
1778-Aug-31 | Arrived in Boston with the prize Monatgue |
1778-Nov-14 | Left Boston in company with sloop Providence |
1778-Dec-04 | Captured the schooner Friendship |
1778-Dec-06 | Parted company with Providence and sailed for the West Indies |
1779-Feb | Captured the schooner General Leslie of Burmuda |
1779-Feb | Joined with the Massachusetts state navies brig Hazard |
1779-Mar-12 | The two vessels left Martinique |
1779-Mar-16 | The Hazard captured the privateer brig Active (18) carrying ninety-five men |
1779-Mar-17 | Action against the Brig Union (14) |
1779-Apr-13 | Returned to Boston |
1779-Jun-02 | Ordered to be sold due to her unseaworthy condition |
1779-Aug | Sold |
Date | Source | |
1778-Aug-03 | Five hour action with the brigantine Montague which was taken | B037 |
W012 | Dictionary of American Fighting Vessels |
W013 | DANFS Online |
B037 | A Naval History of the American Revolution (2 volumes) |