USS Active (1779)

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

For other ships with the same name, see USS Active.
History
United States
Name: Active
Builder: Marshfield, Massachusetts
Launched: July 1779
Captured: 23 March 1782
Fate: Condemned as a prize and sold
General characteristics
Class and type: Packet
Tons burthen: 60
Propulsion: Sail
Sail plan: Brigantine
Complement: 15

Service history

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
Citations
  1. DANFS 2016.

Bibliography
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.
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