Name of Vessel:

Speedwell

Master of Vessel:

Wilson

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

[18] April 1779

Place of Capture:

 

Captor:

Connecticut Privateer Sloops Hancock and Beaver

Home Port:

New Haven, Connecticut

From What Port:

New London, Connecticut

To What Port:

West Indies

Cargo:

 

Tonnage:

 

Battery:

 

Crew:

 

Owners:

 

Prizemaster:

 

Prizecrew:

Ordered Into:

New London, Connecticut

Into What Port:

New London, Connecticut

Date Arrived:

23 April 1779

Date Tried:

 

Date Sold:

 

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Connecticut Privateer Sloops Beaver (Commander William Havens) and Hancock (Commander Elisha Hinman) were off Sandy Hook, New Jersey about mid April 1779. There they took the sloop Speedwell (Wilson), owned in New Haven, Connecticut. Speedwell sailed from New London for the West Indies on 17 April. She was captured by the British Privateer St. George, and afterwards re-captured by Hancock and Beaver.

[The Connecticut Gazette and the Universal Intelligencer [New London]. Thursday, April 29, 1779]

Posted 11 November 2009