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Continental Navy Cutter Revenge (II)

Cutter:

Built, date and location unknown

Launched, date unknown

Purchased at Dunkirk, France in the spring or summer of 1777 by William Hodge, an agent of the American commissioners to France

Revenge departed Dunkirk, 17 July 1777, as soon as she was at sea, CAPT. Gustavus Conyngham took command and headed into the North Sea

Four days later Revenge captured schooner Happy Return and on the 23rd captured brig Maria, burning both prizes

Revenge captured brig Patty on the 25th and ransomed her

On the 26th, Revenge stopped brig Northampton but she was recaptured before she could reach port for condemnation proceedings

For 2 months Revenge remained at sea cruising off north-western Europe and the British Isles before she put in at Kinehead Ireland to repair her bowsprit and to replenish her casks of fresh water

Revenge departed Kinehead heading for the Bay of Biscay, putting in at El Ferrol

Revenge made several cruises from Spanish ports and captured many prizes while operating in the Bay of Biscay, the Mediterranean Sea and in and around the Azores and the Canary Islands

After refitting his ship in Spain, Conyngham sailed for the West Indies on 1 September 1778

Operating from Martinique, Revenge captured 60 British vessels, destroying 33 and sending 27 to port as prizes

While transiting the Caribbean enroute to the American colonies Revenge added several other ships, including two British privateers, to her score before arriving at Philadelphia, 21 February 1779, laden with arms and munitions for the Continental Army in South Carolina

Sold at public auction by an act of Congress, 12 March 1779, Revenge briefly operated as a privateer under charter protecting shipping on the Delaware River

She sailed from the Delaware Capes in April in quest of prizes with Conyngham again in commander and now, her part owner

While chasing two privateers off the New York coast, Revenge was taken by HMS Galatea 27 April 1779

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement unknown
Length unknown
Beam unknown
Depth of Hold unknown
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement 106

Armament

fourteen 6-pdrs

twenty-two swivel guns

Propulsion sail

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
098694701	72k	A 1930s vintage photograph of a painting by John P. Benson, Kittery, Maine of the Continental Navy cutter *Revenge, In action in the English Channel while under the command of CAPT. Gustavus Conyngham, 1777-1778. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 60699*, courtesy of Mrs. Alice Conyngham Gifford Johnson.font>		Robert Hurst
098694702	295k	*Revenge* at Kinehead, Ireland, for supplies From the book "The boys of 1812 and other naval heroes", by Soley, James Russell (1850-1911). Pub. Boston, Estes and Lauriat, 1887 (1880s)		Robert Hurst

Revenge (II)
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