| Date | Captor | Name | Master | Rig | Codes | Fate | Tons | Crew | Guns |
| 1 | MAP Schooner Warren | Patroclus | William Gill | Schooner | NA/C | TC | 100 | ||
| [1] | MAP Sloop Union | Hawk | Thomas Sheehy | Schooner | E/I | TC | 70 | ||
| 6 | RIP Sloop Charming Sally | Betsey | William Clarke | Schooner | NA/C | TC | 30 | ||
| 6 | MAP Brigantine Washington | Placentia | Thomas Eldrad | Brigantine | E | TC | 130 | ||
| 6 | [unknown] | Indian Queen | M’Pherson | E | 24 | ||||
| 7 | MAP Brigantine Washington | Samuel and Mary | Bennett | E | R | ||||
| 8 | CN Brig Andrew Doria | Racehorse | William Jones | Sloop | J | TC | 98 | 60 | 10 |
| 10 | MAP Brigantine Washington | Salisbury | John S. Cole | Brigantine | E | R | |||
| 12 | CN Brig Andrew Doria | Thomas | Thomas Nicolson | Snow | NA/I | RC | 72 | 6 | |
| 15 | RIP Schooner Eagle; MAP Sloop True Blue | Addellgunte Loewise | Barnard Anderson | Ship | NA/O | TC | 500 | 3+ | |
| 15 | NHP Schooner McClary | Resolution | Francis Barnard | Snow | NA/C | D | 7+ | ||
| [15] | CTP Sloop American Revenue | §Athol | James Wadie | Brig | LI/I | TC | 100 | ||
| [15] | MAP Schooner Warren | Carlisle | James Blerver | Bark | NA/O | TC | 300 | ||
| [15] | MAP Schooner Warren | Content | John Taylor | Ship | NA | TC/IS | 400 | ||
| [15] | MAP Brigantine Reprisal | Hetty | Charles Ross | Snow | NA/C | TC | 120 | ||
| [15] | NYN Sloop Montgomery | Hannah | William Wilkinson | Schooner | NA/C | TC | 60 | 4 | |
| [15] | NYN Sloop Montgomery | Minerva | John Winning | Brigantine | NA/C | TR | |||
| [15] | Obadiah Ayers et al | Molly | Robert Young | Sloop | NA/C | TC | 60 | ||
| [15] | MAP Schooner Hawke | Perseverance | John Landers | Brigantine | NA | TC | 50 | ||
| [15] | [unknown] | Polly | Alexander McAuslen | Sloop | NA | TC | |||
| [15] | CN Schooner Wasp | Two Brothers | Robert Burton | Schooner | NA/C | TC | 40 | 7 | |
| [15] | CTP Schooner Nancy | §[unknown] | Brig | NA/I | |||||
| [15] | CN Schooner Wasp | ■♦[unknown] | Schooner | NA/O | RC | ||||
| 19 | RIP Sloop United States | Venus | John Peacock | Ship | NA/O | D | 21+ | ||
| [25] | CN Schooner Wasp | ♦Success | John Burrows | Schooner | NA/I | TC | 40 | [5] | |
| 27 | CTP Sloop American Revenue | §Two Brothers | John Salter | Schooner | LI/I | TC | 150 | ||
| 27 | Pinkham | George | Richard Willis | Schooner | NA | TC | 80 | 51 | 8 |
| 27 | MAP Sloop Rover | Mercury | William Seaton | Ship | NA | RC |
| Summary By Rig: December 1776 | ||||||
| Status | Brigs | Schooners | Ships | Sloops | Others | Total |
| Captured | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Recaptured | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Captures | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 |
| Recaptured by enemy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Released | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Significant Captures: December 1776 | ||||||
| Government vessels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0%) |
| Privateers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0%) |
| Provisions in cargo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0%) |
| Munitions in cargo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0%) |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0%) |
| Summary By Area/Nationality/Destination: December 1776 | ||||||
| Area | ||||||
| Status | North America | Newfoundland | Lesser Antilles | Greater Antilles | Europe | Total |
| Captured | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 |
| Nationality | ||||||
| Status | British | French | Spanish | Dutch | Other | Total |
| Captured | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 |
| Destination | ||||||
| Status | Outbound | Inbound | Coastal | In Port | No Info | Total |
| Captured | 0 (0%) | 0 (50%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (50%) | 0 (0%) | 0 |
| Revised 1 August 2011 |
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