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American Prizes December 1776 |
Name of Vessel:
Indian Queen
Master of Vessel:
M’Pherson
Rig of Vessel:
Date of Capture:
6 December 1776
Place of Capture:
Off Portuguese coast, south of Lisbon
Captor:
[unknown]
Home Port:
Dartmouth, England
From What Port:
Lisbon, Portugal
To What Port:
Leghorn, Italy
Cargo:
Passengers
Tonnage:
Battery:
Crew:
24 [total]
Owners:
Prizemaster:
Prizecrew:
Ordered Into:
Into What Port:
Date Arrived:
Date Tried:
Date Sold:
Action:
Yes
Recaptured:
No
Comments: The Indian Queen (M’Pherson) out of Dartmouth, England, sailed from Lisbon on 6 December with a crew of twenty-four men and eleven passengers, bound for Leghorn, Italy. Fourteen hours out she fell in with an American privateer, armed with eighteen 10-pounders, twelve swivels, and manned with ninety men. M’Pherson chose to fight despite the odds. After forty-five minutes he surrendered, his vessel’s rigging shattered, and seven dead and nine wounded in his crew. The Americans landed the prisoners within fifteen miles of Gibralter, having behaved with “great Humanity.”
[NDAR, VII, 814]
| Posted 29 July 2011 |
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