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American Prizes August 1780 |
Name of Vessel:
[Endeavour]
Master of Vessel:
Rig of Vessel:
Brig
Date of Capture:
[August] 1780
Place of Capture:
Captor:
Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Amsterdam
Home Port:
From What Port:
[Poole, England]
To What Port:
Cargo:
Tonnage:
Battery:
Crew:
Owners:
Prizemaster:
Prizecrew:
Ordered Into:
Göteborg, Sweden
Into What Port:
Göteborg, Sweden
Date Arrived:
Date Tried:
Date Sold:
Action:
No
Recaptured:
No
Comments: This unknown British vessel was captured by Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Amsterdam (Commander James Magee) about August 1780. Magee was en route to Göteborg, Sweden and took his prize into that port, selling her there. It is possible that this vessel was the brig Endeavour, known to have been captured by Magee and Amsterdam. She was sailing out of Poole, England.
[The Newport Mercury, Thursday, November 23, 1780, datelined Boston, November 16; The Connecticut Courant [Hartford], Tuesday, November 28, 1780]