HMS Greenwich (1778)

History
Rhode Island
Name	Greenwich
Namesake	East Greenwich, Rhode Island
Owner	Nathaniel Greene & Co.
Commissioned	November 1776
Captured	20 April 1778
Great Britain
Name	HMS Greenwich
Acquired	October 1778 by purchase of a prize
Fate	Burnt 21 May 1779
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen	80 (bm)
Complement	At capture:39 Royal Navy:50
Armament	At capture:8 guns Royal Navy:12 guns

HMS Greenwich was the American privateer Greenwich that HMS Maidstone captured on 20 April 1778. She served for a little more than a year, particularly at Georgia, before she was burnt in May 1779.