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December 1778






Name of Vessel:

Mary

Master of Vessel:

 

Rig of Vessel:

Ship

Date of Capture:

[15 December] 1778

Place of Capture:

 

Captor:

New Hampshire Privateer Brigantine General Sullivan

Home Port:


From What Port:

 

To What Port:

 

Cargo:

 

Tonnage:

 

Battery:

8

Crew:

 

Owners:

 

Prizemaster:

 

Prizecrew:


Ordered Into:

 

Into What Port:

 

Date Arrived:

 

Date Tried:

 

Date Sold:

 

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No


Comments: British ship Mary (eight guns) was captured in 1778 by New Hampshire Privateer Brigantine General Sullivan (Commander Thomas Dalling).


[Maclay, Privateers, 215. Maclay gives only 1778 as the date.]


Posted 11 November 2009