Name of Vessel:

Peter

Master of Vessel:

Thomas Egger

Rig of Vessel:

Brig [Brigantine]

Date of Capture:

[20] December 1775

Place of Capture:

Off Plymouth, Massachusetts

Captor:

[Massachusetts Privateer Sloop Yankee]

Home Port:

From What Port:

New York, New York

To What Port:

Ubes, Portugal

Cargo:

Salt

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

[6] [prizecrew]

Owners:

Prizemaster:

Prizecrew:

Ordered Into:

Plymouth, Massachusetts

Into What Port:

Plymouth, Massachusetts

Date Arrived:

20 December 1775

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Brig (or brigantine) Peter (Thomas Egger), bound from Ubes, Portugal to New York with a cargo of salt, had been captured by HM Frigate Niger on 2 December 1775. A prize crew of six men were put aboard the Peter and she was ordered to Boston. Peter was recaptured off Plymouth by an unknown privateer (probably the Massachusetts Privateer Sloop Yankee, Commander Corban Barnes) about 20 December 1775, and taken into that port. As the principal actor in recapturing the Peter, Captain Samuel Jackson was allowed to escort the six prisoners to camp on 23 December 1775.

[NDAR, II, 1255-1256 and 1256 note; III, 214-215, 274 and note]

Revised 10 August 2009