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} |} ''Mohawk'' (or ''Mohawke'') was a ship launched at Beverly, Massachusetts in 1781. She became a privateer, making two voyages. In 1782 the Royal Navy captured her and briefly took her into service under her existing name before selling her in 1783. She then became a merchantman until some investors in Bristol bought her in 1796 and turned her into a privateer again. In 1799 she became a letter of marque, but the French Navy captured her in 1801. She then served in the French Navy, capturing a British privateer in 1805, and was sold in 1814. ==American privateer and capture== William Leach, William Bartlett, and other merchants of Beverly, Massachusetts, applied for a commission for Elias Smith as commander of the ship ''Mohawk'', which they received on 8 November 1781. ''Mohawk'' was a new ship, built especially for privateering.〔 On her first cruise ''Mohawk'' sent three prizes into Martinique.〔 ''Lloyd's List'' of 7 June 1782 reported that in the latitude of Barbados, ''Mohawk'' had captured the ''Adventure'', Ingram or Bodkin, master, which had been sailing from Quebec to the West Indies. ''Mohawk'' took ''Adventure'' into Martinique. ''Adventure''s captain and boatswain arrived at Barbados in a cartel on 19 April.〔(''Lloyd's List'', no. 1368 - accessed 25 August 2015. )〕 ''Mohawk'' also sent one prize, the ship ''Daniel'', formerly the ''Salem Packet'', into Beverly.〔 ''Mohawk'' had captured ''Daniel'', Benjamin Bickford, master, as she was homeward bound from Bilboa.〔McManemin (1985), p. 246.〕 Captain John Carnes, of Beverly, replaced Smith. He sailed on 6 September 1782, but the cruise was short-lived.〔 On 5 October 1782, , Captain John Payne, captured ''Mohawk'' off Cape Ann. ''Mohawk'' was armed with 20 guns and had 106 or 108 men aboard. ''Enterprise'' landed her prisoners at Sandy Hook on 13 October. Two days later, Captain John Payne of ''Enterprise'' libeled ''Mohawk'' in the Vice-Admiralty Court at New York.〔McManemin (1985), pp. 147-148.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mohawk (1781 ship)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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