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MERLIN
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Sloop
Built in 1757, Rotherhithe. Burnt in 1777.
1762 Cdr. William Francis BURKE, West Indies. With Sir George POCOCK at the reduction of Havana.
1776 Capt. W. C.BURNABY, in May at Annapolis, to Halifax with forage convoy. In July cruising between Matha's Vineyard and the eastern end of Long Island.
1777 Cdr. Samuel REEVE. Abandoned and burnt at Mud Island in the Delaware on 23 October 1777. (See AUGUSTA)