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December 1776





Name of Vessel:

Perseverance

Master of Vessel:

John Landers [Lander]

Rig of Vessel:

Brigantine

Date of Capture:

[December] 1776

Place of Capture:

Captor:

Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Hawke

Home Port:

From What Port:

Newfoundland

To What Port:

Halifax, Nova Scotia [Ireland]

Cargo:

Tonnage:

50

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Newburyport/Boston, Massachusetts

Into What Port:

Newburyport/Boston, Massachusetts

Date Arrived:

13 February 1777

Date Tried:

25 February 1777

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No


Comments: The brigantine Perseverance (John Landers [Lander]), a 50-ton vessel, was en route from Newfoundland to Halifax, Nova Scotia, and then to Ireland. She was captured by Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Hawke (Commander John Lee) and sent into Newburyport or Boston, Massachusetts. She was libeled on 13 February 1777, with trial set for 25 February 1777.


[NDAR, VII, 1188-1189; New-Lloyd’s List [London], May 9, 1777]


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