Captain John Fisk (born in Salem 10 April 1744) was the first commanding officer, Jonathan Haraden of Gloucester was First Lieutenant, and Joseph Stockman was 2nd Lieutenant. Tyrannicide sailed from the Salisbury, Massachusetts, shipyard on 8 July 1776 and returned to Salem, Massachusetts 17 July after capturing the sloop HMS Dispatch on 12 July following a 90-minute engagement at 41° 26′ N, 65° 50′ W. Dispatch mounted 8 carriage guns and 12 swivel guns with a crew of 31 men. The armed ship Glasgow, the brig Saint John and the schooner Three Brothers were captured during an August 1776 cruise between Cape Sable and Nantucket. Tyrannicide narrowly avoided capture by a British frigate which retook a fourth prize. Tyrannicide was re-rigged from schooner to brigantine prior to embarking on a c
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| - Captain John Fisk (born in Salem 10 April 1744) was the first commanding officer, Jonathan Haraden of Gloucester was First Lieutenant, and Joseph Stockman was 2nd Lieutenant. Tyrannicide sailed from the Salisbury, Massachusetts, shipyard on 8 July 1776 and returned to Salem, Massachusetts 17 July after capturing the sloop HMS Dispatch on 12 July following a 90-minute engagement at 41° 26′ N, 65° 50′ W. Dispatch mounted 8 carriage guns and 12 swivel guns with a crew of 31 men. The armed ship Glasgow, the brig Saint John and the schooner Three Brothers were captured during an August 1776 cruise between Cape Sable and Nantucket. Tyrannicide narrowly avoided capture by a British frigate which retook a fourth prize. Tyrannicide was re-rigged from schooner to brigantine prior to embarking on a c
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| - Captain John Fisk (born in Salem 10 April 1744) was the first commanding officer, Jonathan Haraden of Gloucester was First Lieutenant, and Joseph Stockman was 2nd Lieutenant. Tyrannicide sailed from the Salisbury, Massachusetts, shipyard on 8 July 1776 and returned to Salem, Massachusetts 17 July after capturing the sloop HMS Dispatch on 12 July following a 90-minute engagement at 41° 26′ N, 65° 50′ W. Dispatch mounted 8 carriage guns and 12 swivel guns with a crew of 31 men. The armed ship Glasgow, the brig Saint John and the schooner Three Brothers were captured during an August 1776 cruise between Cape Sable and Nantucket. Tyrannicide narrowly avoided capture by a British frigate which retook a fourth prize. Tyrannicide was re-rigged from schooner to brigantine prior to embarking on a cruise to the West Indies on 29 October 1776. Tyrannicide captured the snow Ann, the brig Henry and Ann, the 140-ton snow John, and the 100-ton brig Three Friends before returning to Massachusetts on 14 February 1777.
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