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American Prizes December 1776 |
Name of Vessel:
Resolution
Master of Vessel:
Francis Barnard [Burnett]
Rig of Vessel:
Snow
Date of Capture:
15 December 1776
Place of Capture:
34°12′N, 42°W
Captor:
New Hampshire Privateer Schooner McClary
Home Port:
From What Port:
Newfoundland
To What Port:
West Indies
Cargo:
Fish
Tonnage:
Battery:
Crew:
7 [partial]
Owners:
Prize master:
Prize crew:
Ordered Into:
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Into What Port:
Date Arrived:
Date Tried:
[foundered, 18 December 1776]
Date Sold:
Action:
No
Recaptured:
No
Comments: New Hampshire Privateer Schooner McClary (Commander Joshua Moore) was far out in the Atlantic in mid-December 1776. On 15 December 1776 he fell in with Rhode Island Privateer Sloop Charming Sally. The two exchanged greetings then sailed together for a short while. At 1500, about 34°12′N, 42°W, a sail was sighted and chased. McClary caught up with her first and took possession. About 1900, when Charming Sally’s boat came up to the prize, the New Hampshire men refused to let the Rhode Islanders aboard, or claim any part of the prize. The prize was the snow Resolution (Francis Bernard or Burnett), from Newfoundland to the West Indies with a cargo of fish. The master and six men were removed and the Resolution ordered to Portsmouth. But she never got in, sinking three days later. The prize crew and prisoners took to the long boat, and were picked up a week later by a vessel bound from America to Martinique.
NDAR, VIII, 527-528 and 528 note]
| Posted 29 July 2011 |
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