HMS Greenwich (1778)
HMS Greenwich was the American privateer Greenwich that HMS Maidstone captured on 20 April 1778. She served for a little more than a year, particularly at Georgia, before she was burnt in May 1779.
| History | |
|---|---|
| Rhode Island | |
| Name | Greenwich |
| Namesake | East Greenwich, Rhode Island |
| Owner | Nathaniel Greene & Co. |
| Commissioned | November 1776 |
| Captured | 20 April 1778 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Greenwich |
| Acquired | October 1778 by purchase of a prize |
| Fate | Burnt 21 May 1779 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 80 (bm) |
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