Name of Vessel:

[unknown]

Master of Vessel:

 

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

[15] December 1778

Place of Capture:

 

Captor:

Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Bennington

Home Port:

From What Port:

 

To What Port:

 

Cargo:

 

Tonnage:

 

Battery:

12

Crew:

 

Owners:

 

Prizemaster:

 

Prizecrew:

Ordered Into:

 

Into What Port:

 

Date Arrived:

 

Date Tried:

 

Date Sold:

 

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Bennington (Commander William Tuck) was at sea in December 1778. She captured an unknown British privateer schooner of twelve guns.

[Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 79; The Continental Journal [Boston], Thursday, January 14, 1779]

Posted 11 November 2009