Name of Vessel:

Dispatch

Master of Vessel:

 

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

[15 April] 1779

Place of Capture:

 

Captor:

Connecticut Privateer Sloops American Revenue and Revenge

Home Port:

From What Port:

West Indies

To What Port:

 

Cargo:

Sugar, rum

Tonnage:

50

Battery:

8 swivels

Crew:

 

Owners:

 

Prizemaster:

 

Prizecrew:

Ordered Into:

 

Into What Port:

New London, Connecticut

Date Arrived:

16 May 1779

Date Tried:

 

Date Sold:

8 June 1779

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Connecticut Privateer Sloops American Revenue (Commander William Leeds) and Revenge (Commander Nathan Post) captured the 50-ton sloop Dispatch about April 1779. Dispatch was bound from the West Indies with a cargo of sugar and rum, and was armed with eight swivel guns. Dispatch was sent into New London and arrived on 16 May 1779. She was advertised for sale at New London on 27 May, with the sale to be held on 8 June.

[The Connecticut Gazette and the Universal Intelligencer [New London], Thursday, May 27, 1779]

Posted 11 November 2009