Name of Vessel:

Chance

Master of Vessel:

Alexander Willy

Rig of Vessel:

Brigantine

Date of Capture:

[15 April] 1779

Place of Capture:

 

Captor:

Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Bennington

Home Port:

From What Port:

Scotland

To What Port:

New York, New York

Cargo:

Rum, flour, beef, dry goods

Tonnage:

130

Battery:

 

Crew:

 

Owners:

 

Prizemaster:

 

Prizecrew:

Ordered Into:

[Boston], Massachusetts

Into What Port:

[Boston], Massachusetts

Date Arrived:

 

Date Tried:

6 July 1779

Date Sold:

 

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Bennington (Commander John Hart) was at sea in April 1779. She captured the 130-ton brigantine Chance (Alexander Willy), bound from Scotland to New York, New York with a cargo of rum, flour, beef, and dry goods. She was sent into Massachusetts, where she was libeled on 7 June 1779, with her trial set for 6 July 1779.

[Claghorn, Naval Officers of the American Revolution, 143; The Independent Chronicle and the Universal Advertiser [Boston], Thursday, May 13, 1779; The Boston Gazette, and Country Journal, Monday, June 7, 1779]

Posted 11 November 2009