Name of Vessel:

Elizabeth

Master of Vessel:

William Dowling

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

4 July 1777

Place of Capture:

Off Cape Finisterre, Spain

Captor:

Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Warren

Home Port:

From What Port:

Cork, Ireland

To What Port:

Oporto, Portugal

Cargo:

Dry goods

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prizemaster:

Prizecrew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Brig Elizabeth (William Dowling) was captured on 4 July 1777 by Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Warren (Commander Nicholas Ogelby) off Cape Finisterre, Spain. She was bound from Cork, Ireland to Oporto, Portugal with dry goods. The day he captured the Elizabeth, Ogelby ran into Vigo, Spain and landed the masters and ten of the sailors from several prizes. These reported to the British consul at Corunna.

[NDAR, IX, 483]

Revised 20 January 2009