Name of Vessel:

[unknown]

Master of Vessel:

 

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

[15] April 1779

Place of Capture:

 

Captor:

Connecticut Privateer Sloop Eagle

Home Port:

 

From What Port:

 

To What Port:

 

Cargo:

Salt

Tonnage:

 

Battery:

 

Crew:

 

Owners:

 

Prizemaster:

 

Prizecrew:

Ordered Into:

New London, Connecticut

Into What Port:

New London, Connecticut

Date Arrived:

 

Date Tried:

[28 April 1779]

Date Sold:

 

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Connecticut Privateer Sloop Eagle (Commander Edward Conkling) captured an unnamed brig in April 1779, with a cargo of salt and sent her into New London, Connecticut. “Libel proceedings” [trial?] were held in court on 28 April 1779.

[Middlebrook, Maritime Connecticut During The Revolution, 73]

Posted 11 November 2009