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Resistance

Brig:
  • Laid down, date and location unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • The brig Resistance was carried on the accounts of Nathaniel Shaw, Jr., Naval Agent at New London, CT., from April 1776 until November 1778
  • In December of 1777, while commanded by Capt. Samuel Chew, she put into Boston with a prize whose $7,000 cargo had been destined for the West Indies
  • Resistance, however, was captured by Lord Richard Howe's Fleet the following year and her name was struck from the lists of the Continental Navy
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications: all unknowns
    Displacement unknown
    Length unknown
    Beam unknown
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament ten 4-pdrs
    Propulsion sail
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