Name of Vessel:

Juno

Master of Vessel:

Joseph Barnes [Barns]

Rig of Vessel:

Brig [Brigantine]

Date of Capture:

19 July 1777

Place of Capture:

50°30'N, 13°W

Captor:

Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Civil Usage

Home Port:

From What Port:

Newfoundland

To What Port:

Poole, England

Cargo:

Tonnage:

80, 90

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Bilbao, Spain; Salem, Massachusetts

Into What Port:

Bilbao, Spain; Salem, Massachusetts

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

23 December 1777

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Civil Usage (Commander Andrew Giddings) was at sea in mid July 1777. On 19 July, she took the 80 or 90-ton brigantine or brig Juno (Joseph Barnes [Barms]), at 50°30'N, 13°W. Juno was bound from Newfoundland to Poole, England. She was taken into Bilboa and then sent to Salem, Massachusetts, where she was libeled on 4 December 1777, with trial set for 23 December.

[NDAR, IX, 602-603 and 603 note, X, 616-617 and 617 notes, 664-665 and 665 notes]

Revised 20 January 2009