Bunker Hill (1778 ship)
Bunker Hill was a Massachusetts privateer sloop, first commissioned n 1778. She made two cruises, capturing three prizes, but during her second cruise the Royal Navy captured her at Saint Lucia. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Surprize. She served in the Caribbean, and was one of the two sloops that captured Essequibo and Demerara in March 1781. She sailed to Britain in late 1782 where the Navy sold her in 1783. The French Navy may have purchased her. If so, they sold her in 1789.
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Bunker Hill (1778 ship)
Bunker Hill was a Massachusetts privateer sloop, first commissioned n 1778. She made two cruises, capturing three prizes, but during her second cruise the Royal Navy captured her at Saint Lucia. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Surprize. She served in the Caribbean, and was one of the two sloops that captured Essequibo and Demerara in March 1781. She sailed to Britain in late 1782 where the Navy sold her in 1783. The French Navy may have purchased her. If so, they sold her in 1789.
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Bunker Hill was a Massachusett ...... If so, they sold her in 1789.
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47.781.637
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685.185.557
Ship acquired
October 1778 by capture
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*Bunker Hill: 18-20 × 6-pounde ...... ns + 8 × ½-pounder swivel guns
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*Bunker Hill: 100
*HMS Suprize: 125
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United Kingdom
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Ship owner
Bartholomew Putnam and Jacob Ashton
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Bunker Hill was a Massachusett ...... If so, they sold her in 1789.
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Bunker Hill (1778 ship)
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Bunker Hill
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HMS Surprize
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