Name of Vessel:

[unknown]

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

2 December 1775

Place of Capture:

Nantasket Roads, Massachusetts

Captor:

Massachusetts Privateer [unknown]

Home Port:

From What Port:

Halifax, ova Scotia

To What Port:

Boston, Massachusetts

Cargo:

Wood, cattle

Tonnage:

60

Battery:

4 swivels

Crew:

7

Owners:

Prizemaster:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Salem [Beverly], Massachusetts

Into What Port:

Salem [Beverly], Massachusetts

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Captured within sight of the warships at anchor by an unknown American vessel. Possibly the same vessel as the unknown 60-ton sloop captured by a two-masted privateer boat armed with four swivels.

[NDAR, II, 1267-1268; III, 47-48, 96, 126]

Revised 10 August 2009