Name of Vessel:

[unknown]

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

8 August 1775

Place of Capture:

Gloucester Harbor [Cape Ann], Massachusetts

Captor:

Cape Ann militia

Home Port:

From What Port:

Hispaniola, French West Indies

To What Port:

Salem, Massachusetts

Cargo:

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Gloucester Harbor [Cape Ann], Massachusetts

Into What Port:

Gloucester Harbor [Cape Ann], Massachusetts

Date Arrived:

9 August 1775

Date Tried:

Released

Date Sold:

Action:

Yes

Recaptured:

No

Comments: This vessel was one of two schooners involved in the Action in Cape Ann Harbor. She was captured by HM Sloop Falcon off Cape Ann and kept with the Falcon while the British pursued the other schooner into Cape Ann Harbor. During the following battle the captured schooner was recaptured by the Gloucester militia, along with her prize crew.

[NDAR, I, 1093, 1108-1109, 1110-1111, 1113-1114, 1114, 1132-1133, 1139-1140; NDAR, II, 280 and note]

Revised 2 December 2008