Name of Vessel:

[unknown]

Master of Vessel:

Cary Mitchell

Rig of Vessel:

Brig [Snow]

Date of Capture:

16 December 1775

Place of Capture:

Norfolk Harbor, Virginia

Captor:

Virginia militia

Home Port:

From What Port:

To What Port:

Cargo:

Salt

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

3 [two British officers]

Owners:

Prizemaster:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Norfolk, Virginia

Into What Port:

Norfolk, Virginia

Date Arrived:

16 December 1775

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

Yes

Comments: Captured as Dunmore’s Fleet got underway from anchorage off Norfolk. Militia found she was anchored within gunshot, ordered her to halt, and brought her to wharf. Before she could be much unloaded, she was burned by the British (17 December). Evidently the burning was less than successful, for the British tried to re-take her again on 18 December.

[NDAR, III, 139-140, 140, 140-142, 176, 197-199]

Revised 10 August 2009