HMS ''Keppel'' was the American privateer brig ''New Broome'', of New Haven, Connecticut, that and captured on 21 October 1778. She was sold on 5 August 1783 at Boston.
Captain Israel Bishop received a commission for ''New Broome'' in July 1778.
''Ariel'', under the command of Captain
Charles Phipps, captured ''New Broom'' on 22 October 1778, as well as the schooners ''Lark'' and ''Three Friends''. ''New Broom'' was armed with 16 guns and had sailed from
New London
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when ''Ariel'' and stopped her off Nantucket shoals and sent her into New York.
The British
Royal Navy
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purchased her in Boston that month. She was commissioned under Lieutenant Richard Whitworth.
In September–October 1779, ''Keppel'' was part of the Royal Navy's squadron at the
siege of Savannah
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In the evening of 9 September 1780 ''Keppel'', under the command of Lieutenant Robert Steel had an inconclusive, three-hour
single-ship action
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with . The engagement led to Steel's promotion to Master and Commander.
On 17 June 1781 ''Keppel'', Captain Steel, accompanied the brig ''Sir Henry Clinton'' and the sloop ''Association'', which carried a small group of Loyalists who conducted a successful raid on Patriot blockhouses on Leete's Island, near Sachem Head.
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1770s ships
Privateer ships of the United States
Captured ships
Brigs of the Royal Navy