Name of Vessel:

Elphinston

Master of Vessel:

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:

New York, New York

To What Port:

St. Christopher’s, British West Indies

Cargo:

Tonnage:

Battery:

12x6

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

[Charleston], South Carolina

Into What Port:

[Charleston], South Carolina

Date Arrived:

16 April 1780

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 Elphinston, armed with twelve 6-pounders, and bound from New York, New York to St. Christopher’s, British West Indies. Elphinston was sent into South Carolina and arrived there on 16 April.

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

Revised: 11 November 2008