American Privateer brig 'Active' (1781)

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British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
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5th Rate Frigate
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5th Rate Frigate
(1777)
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Unrated Sloop
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(1781)
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British 28 Gun
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(1779)
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Culloden (74) 1776-1781
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
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29.9.1781Broadside Weight = 16 Imperial Pound ( 7.256 kg)W027
Gun Deck8 American 4-Pounder

Date# of MenNotesSource
29.9.178126 W027

DatesRankNameSource
29.9.1781 - 21.12.1781UnknownW027

DatesRankNameSource
29.9.1781 - 21.12.1781MateW027

DateEventSource
21.12.1781Taken by Twenty five leagues from the Capes of Delaware

IDNameAuthorType

W027Ken Kellow, Web Site

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