Name of Vessel:

Charlotte

Master of Vessel:

Charles Wheeler

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

16 April 1779

Place of Capture:

 

Captor:

Connecticut Privateer Sloop Beaver

Home Port:

From What Port:

Newport, Rhode Island

To What Port:

New York, New York

Cargo:

Ballast

Tonnage:

70

Battery:

[8x]

Crew:

9 [total]

Owners:

 

Prizemaster:

 

Prizecrew:

Ordered Into:

New London, Connecticut

Into What Port:

New London, Connecticut

Date Arrived:

 

Date Tried:

28 April 1779

Date Sold:

8 June 1779

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: On 16 April 1779 the 70-ton British sloop Charlotte [Charlotta] (Charles Wheeler) was captured by the Connecticut Privateer Sloop Beaver (Commander William Havens). She was bound from Newport, Rhode Island to New York, New York, in ballast, with a crew of nine men. Charlotte may have been the privateer of eight guns that was reported to have been captured about this time. Charlotte was sent into New London, Connecticut, libeled on 22 April and tried and condemned on 28 April. The Charlotte was advertised for sale on 27 May with the sale to take place on 8 June 1779.

[The Connecticut Gazette and the Universal Intelligencer [New London], Thursday, April 22, 1779; May 27, 1779; The Providence Gazette; And Country Journal, Saturday, May 1, 1779]

Posted 11 November 2009