Name of Vessel:

Queen

Master of Vessel:

Thomas Lovelace

Rig of Vessel:

Ship

Date of Capture:

[15] December 1778

Place of Capture:

 

Captor:

Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Bennington

Home Port:

From What Port:

Jamaica, British West Indies

To What Port:

London, England

Cargo:

Rum, sugar

Tonnage:

280

Battery:

 

Crew:

 

Owners:

 

Prizemaster:

 

Prizecrew:

Ordered Into:

Cape Ann, Massachusetts

Into What Port:

Cape Ann, Massachusetts

Date Arrived:

13 January 1779

Date Tried:

9 March 1779

Date Sold:

 

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Bennington (Commander William Tuck) was at sea in December 1778. She captured the 280-ton ship Queen (Thomas Lovelace), bound from Jamaica, British West Indies to London, England with a cargo of rum and sugar. Queen arrived at Cape Ann, Massachusetts on 12 or 13 January 1779. She was libeled on 15 February 1779, with her trial set for 9 March 1779.

[Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 79; The Continental Journal [Boston], Thursday, January 14, 1779; The Pennsylvania Packet or the General Advertiser [Philadelphia], Thursday, February 4, 1779, datelined Boston, January 18, 1779; The Providence Gazette; And Country Journal, Saturday, January 16, 1779, datelined Boston, January 14; The Boston Gazette, and Country Journal, Monday, February 15, 1779]

Posted 11 November 2009