Name of Vessel:

Addellgunte Loewise [Andeligonda Louisa; Jafrow Adalgonda Louisa]

Master of Vessel:

Barnard Anderson

Rig of Vessel:

Ship

Date of Capture:

15 December 1776

Place of Capture:

Off Nantucket Shoals, Massachusetts

Captor:

Rhode Island Privateer Schooner Eagle and Massachusetts Privateer Sloop True Blue

Home Port:

From What Port:

New York, New York

To What Port:

England

Cargo:

Tonnage:

500

Battery:

3x3

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

New London, Connecticut

Date Arrived:

1 January 1777

Date Tried:

10 February 1777

Date Sold:

17 February 1777

Action:

Yes

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The 500-ton British Transport Ship Addellgunte Loewise [Adeligonda Louisa] (Barnard Anderson) was owned in The Netherlands and chartered by the British to use as a transport vessel. During her passage to New York, New York from Europe she sprang a dangerous leak. At New York she was hove down to have her bottom examined. In doing so she missed a chance to join a homeward bound convoy and waited at New York for another convoy. When HM Frigate Lark sailed for Halifax, Nova Scotia, her captain was directed to escort the Addellgunte Loewise clear of Nantucket Shoals, off which HM Frigate Mermaid was stationed. Lark and Addellgunte Loewise sailed from New York on 12 December 1776. On 14 December Lark and Addellgunte Loewise parted company. The next day, 15 December, Addellgunte Loewise fell in with the Rhode Island Privateer Schooner Eagle (Commander Isaac Field) and Massachusetts Privateer Sloop True Blue (Commander Oliver Allen). She was attacked. Addellgunte Loewise was armed with at least three 3-pounders, and made some defense before she was captured. She was described as a “Light” transport measuring 500 tons by the Americans. Addellgunte Loewise arrived safely in New London, on 1 January 1777. She was libeled on 24 January 1777, tried on 10 February, and advertised for sale on 14 February, with the sale to take place on 17 February. She was listed as Jafrow Adalgonda Louisa, 500 tons. By 22 February 1776 some of her crew had been released and were in New York, where the incident was reported to Lord Howe.

[NDAR, VII, 460-462, 854 and note, 922, 1258-1260; The New-London Gazette, Friday, January 24, and Friday, February 14, 1777]

Posted 29 July 2011

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