David Ropes

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Captain David Ropes (c. 1755 – May 1782) was a notable American privateer from Salem, Massachusetts who fought in numerous naval battles during the American Revolutionary War.^[1] He was taken prisoner twice during the war and then killed in the Battle off Halifax (1782).