Name of Vessel:

Dorothy

Master of Vessel:

Bartlett Goodrich

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

27 December 1775

Place of Capture:

Hampton Road, Virginia

Captor:

Virginia Navy pilot boat Musquetto

Home Port:

From What Port:

Antigua, British West Indies

To What Port:

Nansemond, Virginia

Cargo:

Ballast

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prizemaster:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Hampton, Virginia

Into What Port:

Hampton, Virginia

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Sloop Dorothy (Goodrick), owned by Goodrick, from St. Eustatius for Nansemond, in ballast.  In Hampton on 30 December 1775. [NDAR, “Ships in Norfolk and Hampton Roads,” III, 309] She was captured going to Norfolk by the Liberty and taken in to Hampton. The Virginia Convention ordered her released on 16 January 1776. [NDAR, “Journal of the Virginia Convention,” III, 825]

[NDAR, III, 295, 309, 825]

Revised 10 August 2009