Mohawk (1781 ship)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Mohawk.

Mohawk
Mohawk
History
Naval Ensign of MassachusettsMassachusetts
NameMohawk
NamesakeMohawk people
BuilderBeverly, Massachusetts, or Philadelphia
Launched1781
HomeportBeverly, Massachusetts
CapturedOctober 1782
Great Britain
NameHMS Mohawk
AcquiredOctober 1782 by capture
FateSold 1783
Great Britain
NameMohawk
Owner
  • Various
  • 1795:Sidenham Teast & Co.[1]
Acquired1783 by purchase
HomeportBristol
CapturedJuly 1801
France
NameMohawk
AcquiredJuly 1801 by capture
FateSold June 1814
General characteristics [2]
Tons burthen130,[a] c.280,[4] 28486⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 95 ft 3 in (29.0 m) (gundeck)
  • 77 ft 3 in (23.5 m) (keel)
Beam26 ft 4 in (8.0 m)
Depth of hold16 ft 10 in (5.1 m)
Complement
  • Mohawk: 30,[5] or 50 (second voyage)
  • HMS Mohawk: Unknown
  • 1795:25[1]
  • 1797: 100[6]
  • 1800: 40[6]
  • French service: 148[7]
Armament
  • Mohawk: 20 × 6-pounder guns[3]
  • HMS Mohawk: 14 guns
  • 1795:12[1]
  • 1797: 25 × 3-, 6-, & 9-pounder guns + 1 swivel gun[6]
  • 1800: 22 × 3- & 4-pounder guns
  • French service: 16 × 12-pounder + 4 × 6-pounder guns[7]

Mohawk (or Mohawke) was a ship launched at Beverly, Massachusetts in 1781. She became a privateer, making two voyages. In 1782 the Royal Navy captured her and briefly took her into service under her existing name before selling her in 1783. She then became a merchantman until some investors in Bristol bought her in 1796 and turned her into a privateer again. In 1799 she became a letter of marque, but the French Navy captured her in 1801. She then served in the French Navy, capturing a British privateer in 1805, and was sold in 1814.

  1. ^ a b c Richardson (1986), p. 246.
  2. ^ Winfield (2007), p. 292.
  3. ^ a b Howe (1922), p. 359.
  4. ^ McManemin (1985), pp. 147–148.
  5. ^ Howe (1922), p. 358.
  6. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference LoM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ a b Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 176.


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