Name of Vessel:

Phillips [Phillip, Philip]

Master of Vessel:

Alexander Crockett [Crocket]

Rig of Vessel:

Brig [Brigantine]

Date of Capture:

24 July 1777

Place of Capture:

47°56'N, 9°30'W

Captor:

Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Civil Usage

Home Port:

From What Port:

Naples, Italy [Castleamer]

To What Port:

London, England

Cargo:

Staves

Tonnage:

180

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

[Boston], Massachusetts

Into What Port:

[Boston], 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 24 July, at 47°56'N, 9°30'W, Civil Usage attacked and captured the 180-ton brigantine or brig Phillips [Phillip, Philip] (Alexander Crockett [Crocket]), from Naples or Castleamer to London with a cargo of staves. Philip was sent to Massachusetts where she was libeled on 4 December 1777 and tried on 23 December. Giddings told Crockett he had been out three months and had taken three prizes.

[NDAR, IX, 576; X, 616-617 and 617 notes, 664-665 and 665 notes]

Revised 20 January 2009