Nova Scotia Archives

Spoils of War: Privateering in Nova Scotia

Successful cruise of ex-American privateer, now Liverpool privateer Sir John Sherbrooke

After being captured by the Royal Navy, the American privateer brig Rattlesnake was bought by a consortium of Maritime merchants and then sent to sea as a privateer under the patriotic name, Sir John Sherbrooke.

Date: 1813

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives  Newspapers: Royal Gazette 5 May 1813 page 3

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