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Falvel given command of Flash
On this day in 1836, Luke A. Falvel was commissioned captain of the Flash. On the same day, the crew was sworn in. The vessel was a privateer fitted out for service in the Texas Revolution. Privateers, private ships carrying letters of marque from the Republic of Texas, were used to supplement the small Texas Navy. The Flash was ordered to proceed to the Brazos River to pick up victims of the Runaway Scrape, take them to Morgan's Point, and defend that place in case of a Mexican attack. The ship sailed on several more missions before it ran aground and was lost in May 1837.
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- FLASH
- TEXAS NAVY
- TEXAS REVOLUTION
- REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
- RUNAWAY SCRAPE
- MORGAN'S POINT, TX
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