source;the royal navy up to 1900. by clowes and colyer aug 1779 a british force was besiieged in penobscot maine by american forces. they went up the penobscot river. the Warren a 32 gun ship,plus 41 other ships not official commander j.b.hopkins ,his vessel the warren captured the neptune,capt john smallwood commander. author colyer and a decendant of smallwood haven't found the Warren in American Navy records.Why She was a Previously Captured Vessel.A privateer. <WHO DID SHE DERIVE HER AFTER>