Name of Vessel:

[unknown]

Master of Vessel:

Mallory

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

22 December 1775

Place of Capture:

Elizabeth River, Virginia

Captor:

Crew of the sloop

Home Port:

From What Port:

To What Port:

Smithfield, Virginia

Cargo:

Salt

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

4 [prize crew/two vessels]

Owners:

Prizemaster:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Hampton, Virginia

Into What Port:

Hampton, Virginia

Date Arrived:

22 December, 1775

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Captured with a schooner (Brown) by a tender of Dunmore’s Fleet on 13 December 1775. A midshipman, black pilot, and two sailors placed on the two vessels, which were ordered to Norfolk, Virginia. By bribery the Americans convinced the prize crew to join in retaking the two vessels.

[NDAR, III, 220]

Revised 10 August 2009