Name of Vessel:

Arbuthnot

Master of Vessel:

Downey

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

[April] 1780

Place of Capture:

Captor:

Pennsylvania Privateer Brigs Argo and Fair American

Home Port:

From What Port:

To What Port:

Cargo:

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Pennsylvania Privateer Brigs Argo (Commander Peter Ridge) and Fair American (Commander Stephen Decatur) were at sea in April 1780. They captured the British Privateer Brig Arbuthnot (Downey).

[The Connecticut Courant [Hartford], Tuesday, May 23, 1780, datelined South Carolina, April 17, 1780]

Revised: 11 November 2008