Name of Vessel:

Grampus

Master of Vessel:

John Brakett [Bracket]

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

16 February 1776

Place of Capture:

Cohasset Rocks, Boston Bay, Massachusetts

Captor:

Massachusetts militia

Home Port:

From What Port:

Baltimore, Maryland

To What Port:

Boston, Massachusetts

Cargo:

Bread and flour

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Mark Alexander

Prizemaster:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Cohasset, Massachusetts

Into What Port:

Cohasset, Massachusetts

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Sloop Grampus (John Brakett or Bracket) sailed from Baltimore, Maryland with a cargo of bread and flour, bound for Barnstable, Massachusetts. On 15 February 1776 she fell in with HM Schooner Tryal off Race Point. The master, mate, and all hands (except one) were removed from the Grampus and a midshipman and three sailors took their place. The sloop was ordered into Boston. On the morning of 16 February the inexperienced midshipman steered Grampus on to the Cohassett Rocks. The prize crew abandoned ship. The local inhabitants went aboard the Grampus, removed the cargo, and got her off the rocks. They rounded up the prize crew and forwarded them to Army headquarters.

[NDAR, IV, 34-35 and 35 note, 1228-1231]

Revised 10 August 2009