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USMA Tyrannicide (1776)
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Tyrannicide, 14 Guns
Crew Complement |
Date |
Men |
Notes |
Source |
1776/07 |
75 |
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B037 |
Service Record |
Date |
Notes |
Source |
1776/07/08 |
Sailed on her first cruise |
B037 |
1776/07/12 |
Took the packet Dispatch |
B037 |
1776/07/12 |
Present at the Action of 1776-07-12 |
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1776/08 |
Cruised, taking four prizes and being chased by a British frigate |
B037 |
1776/10/29 |
Started a new cruise having been re-rigged as a Brig instead of as a Schooner |
B037 |
1777/03/24 |
Sailed on cruise to the coasts of Ireland, England, and France in company with the Massachusetts |
B037 |
1777/04/02 |
In company with the Massachusetts took the ship Chaulky in latitude 41 30 north and longitude 45 west |
B037 |
1777/04/08 |
Took the bark Lonsdale after a three hour engagement |
B037 |
1777/05/17 |
Engaged by an English ship, escaping to Bilbao by throwing her guns overboard |
B037 |
1777/08/30 |
Arrived in Boston |
B037 |
1778/03/30 |
Sailed from the West Indies for home |
B037 |
1778/05 |
Arrived in Boston |
B037 |
1778/09/25 |
Took the letter of marque brig Juno |
B037 |
1779/03/09 |
Sailed from Nantasket Roads for Martha's Vinyard, but encountered a gale off Cape Cod and ran off to the southward |
B037 |
1779/03/29 |
Took the privateer Revenge |
B037 |
1779/03/31 |
Took the privateer brig Revenge (14) |
SSA |
1779/04/25 |
Arrived in Boston having taken two further prizes |
B037 |
Fleets |
Fleet Title |
Commander |
Date From |
Date To |
Source |
No Fleets Listed |
Notes on Ship |
Captain Fisk's report on the capture of the Dispatch, 17th July 1776 |
A Naval History of the American Revolution |
This may serve to acquaint your Honours that in latitude 40 26 north, longitude 65 50 west, I fell in with the armed schooner Despatch from Halifax, bound to New York; and after an engagement of one-and-a-half hour, she struck to the American arms. I boarded her and found on board eight carriage guns and twelve swivel guns, twenty small arms, sixteen pistols, twenty cutlasses, some cartridges, boxes, and belts for bayonets, nine half-barrels powder, all the accoutrement for said cannon. The Commander and one man were killed, and seven others wounded. The crew consisted of thirty men and one boy. I lost one man killed and ten wounded, and my vessel was much shattered, which obliged me to return with my prize, which I have at anchor in Salem Harbour, and wait your Honours orders how to proceed with the prisoners. All the Captain s papers and orders were thrown over board. |
Sources |
Id |
Link or Description |
Author |
B037 |
A Naval History of the American Revolution |
Gardner W Allen |
B071 |
Beverly privateers in the American revolution |
Octavius Thondyke Howe |
SSA |
Ships and Seamen of the American Revolution |
Jack Coggins |
Last Updated :2009/04/29 at 15:12:08 by Cy
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