Protector (1779 frigate)
Protector (left) engaging Admiral Duff on 9 June 1780 | |
| History | |
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| Massachusetts | |
| 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 |
| Acquired | 1783 by purchase |
| 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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Protector was a 28-gun frigate of the Massachusetts State Navy launched in 1779. She fought a single-ship action against the British privateer Admiral Duff before the Royal Navy captured her in 1781. The British 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.