Name of Vessel:

Mary

Master of Vessel:

J. Small

Rig of Vessel:

Snow [Brig]

Date of Capture:

28 July 1777

Place of Capture:

Off Terceira, Azores Islands

Captor:

Massachusetts Privateer Schooner True Blue

Home Port:

Bideford, England

From What Port:

To What Port:

Cargo:

Flour

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Joseph Atkins

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

[Massachusetts]

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

Yes

Comments: Snow Mary (J. Small) of Bideford, England, with a cargo of flour, was captured on 28 July 1777, off Terceira, Azores Islands, by the Massachusetts Privateer Schooner True Blue (Commander Richard Stiles). Joseph Atkins was put aboard as prize master and she was ordered to America. She was re-captured the next day by HMS Experiment (Captain Sir James Wallace) and ordered to New York. Mary arrived there on 3 October 1777, was libeled on 3 November 1777, and was condemned on 24 December 1777. Her cargo was ordered sold on 23 January 1778.

[NDAR, X, 25 and note, 1057]

Revised 20 January 2009