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Old 02-04-2017, 11:43 AM
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The BERBICE 1780, is from the famous Baltimore Clipper family. These would be
derived from those little fast pilot boats. The name "clipper" has it's roots in English slang, a verb to mean clip. Originally used to discribe small single masted fishermen and pilots from Pennsylvania, New England and of course the Chesapeake Bay. Shipwrights from Baltimore gained great fame. They are considered the creators of the vessels originally called "Clipper".
BERBICE is a two-masted topsail Schooner, a classic example of what the Baltimore Clipper was in the beginnings of this design.
She was built in 1780 and bought by the Royal Navy in 1782. Many argue 1783?
She had yacht-type hull lines that provided her with high speed. She had teeth too...eight 4-pounders.....eight falkonets.....and smaller weapons.
To this day a letter of marque and reprisal survives in The Massachusetts State
Archives, giving Pole Felks Mikadzewicz permission to take actions against British
Ships and goods. His vessel was a two-masted Schooner.
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