Protector (1779 frigate)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Protector and HMS Hussar.
Protector was a frigate of the Massachusetts Navy, launched in 1779. She fought a notable single-ship action against a British privateer General Duff before the British Royal Navy captured her in 1781. The Royal Navy took her into service as the sixth-rate post ship HMS Hussar. Hussar too engaged in a notable action against the French 32-gun frigate Sybille. The Royal Navy sold Hussar in 1783 and a Dutch ship-owner operating from Copenhagen purchased her. She made one voyage to the East Indies for him before he sold her to British owners circa 1786. She leaves Lloyd's Register by 1790.
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Name | Protector |
Launched | 1779, Newburyport, Massachusetts |
Captured | 5 May 1781 |
Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Hussar |
Namesake | Hussar |
Acquired | 1781 by capture |
Fate | Sold 1783 |
Denmark | |
Name | Hussaren |
Owner | Frédéric de Coninck[1][lower-alpha 1] |
Acquired | 1783 by purchase[3] |
Fate | Sold c. 1787 |
Great Britain | |
Name | Hussar |
Acquired | 1787 by purchase |
Fate | No longer listed by 1790 |
Notes | Lloyd's Register describes Hussar as a three-decker. |
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