Name of Vessel:

Polly

Master of Vessel:

Thomas Collart

Rig of Vessel:

Ship

Date of Capture:

[25 July] 1777

Place of Capture:

30°N, 75°W

Captor:

North Carolina Privateer Brigantine Resolution

Home Port:

From What Port:

Jamaica, British West Indies

To What Port:

Mississippi River, West Florida

Cargo:

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Wilmington, North Carolina

Into What Port:

Wilmington, North Carolina

Date Arrived:

21 August 1777

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Ship Polly (Thomas Collart) was en route from Jamaica, British West Indies to the Mississippi River, West Florida when she was captured by the North Carolina Privateer Brigantine Resolution (Commander Joseph Meredith), which was on a trading voyage. The prize was escorted into Wilmington, North Carolina by the Resolution, arriving on 21 August 1777. Her cargo was described as valuable.

[NDAR, IX, 788-789]

Revised 20 January 2009