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Lee (I)
Schooner:
Built as the schooner Two Brothers, date and location unknown
Chartered at Marblehead, MA., 28 October 1775, renamed Lee, CAPT. John Manley in command
Lee departed Marblehead, 26 November 1775 taking her first prize, on the 27th, the 80 ton sloop Polly bound for Boston
The following day Lee surprised the 250-ton brig Nancy then beating her way into Boston taking her without firing a shot
In early December Lee chased and captured the 200-ton ship Concord
Lee, CAPT Daniel Waters in command, while operating with Franklin (I) took the 60-ton sloop Rainbow, 29 January 1776
Lee and Franklin took as a prize the 300-ton, Boston-bound brigantine Henry and Esther, carrying military cargo, 1 February
Early in March, Hancock and Lynch joined Lee and Franklin off Cape Ann driving off
the British brig
Hope and the next day taking Susannah, a 300-ton British merchantman
On the 10th they captured the 300-ton British transport Stokesby
On 2 April Lee in company with Lynch and Hancock took the brig Elizabeth an American vessel captured by
the British the previous October
On 7 June, the schooner participated in the capture the British transport Anne
Lee next cruised alone off Nova Scotia without success until recapturing Betsy, after that sloop had fallen prey to Milford
in Massachusetts Bay
Lee scored again in early November taking the brig Elizabeth
Lee under way in the spring of 1777, CAPT. John Skinner in command, too took the schooner Hawke on 13 April
The schooner next captured the fishing sloop Betsy, 3 May, and, a week later, caught the Irish brigantine Charles, followed by the capture
of the brigantines Capelin and Industry
Pushing on into the Atlantic, 24 July she captured on 29 August the brig Industrious Bee, the next day, she took the snow Lively
Lee's final prize, the brigantine Dolphin was captured before returning to Marblehead, 26 October. A few days later, she was returned to her owner
Specifications:
Displacement 74 t.
Length unknown
Beam unknown
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament
four 4-pdrs
two 2-pdrs
ten swivel guns
Propulsion
sail
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Lee (I)
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