USS Active, a brigantine-rigged packet built at Marshfield, Massachusetts, on the orders of the Continental Congress, was launched in July 1779.[1]

History
United States
NameActive
BuilderMarshfield, Massachusetts
LaunchedJuly 1779
Captured23 March 1782
FateCondemned as a prize and sold
General characteristics
Class and typePacket
Tons burthen60
PropulsionSail
Sail planBrigantine
Complement15

Service history

edit

Under the command of Captain Corbin Barnes, Active made voyages to Bilbao, Spain, in 1780 and to Nantes, France, in 1781. On 23 March 1782, while sailing from Philadelphia to Havana, Cuba, she encountered the British man-of-war HMS Proserpine and was captured. The British warship took her into Jamaica where she was condemned as a prize and sold.[1]

Notes

edit
Citations

Bibliography

edit
Online sources
  • "Active I (Brigantine)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.