Name of Vessel:

Hope

Master of Vessel:

George Curwin

Rig of Vessel:

Ship

Date of Capture:

12 August 1775

Place of Capture:

In the Delaware River, Pennsylvania

Captor:

Pennsylvania troops

Home Port:

From What Port:

Cork, Ireland

To What Port:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cargo:

British officers, baggage, clothing

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Into What Port:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Date Arrived:

12 August 1775

Date Tried:

Released

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Ship Hope was apparently a British Army Transport which arrived in the Delaware River with three officers and the baggage of various regiments at Boston, and clothing for two other regiments. She was seized and detained. Her disposition was considered in the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety on 12 August 1775.

[NDAR, I, 1225-1226, 1168-1169; NDAR, II, 19-22, 22, 29-31, 75-76]

Revised 2 December 2008