Name of Vessel:

Prince George

Master of Vessel:

Henry Buese

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

14 July 1777

Place of Capture:

21 miles west of the Scilly Isles, England

Captor:

Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Civil Usage

Home Port:

From What Port:

Bristol, England

To What Port:

Madeira Islands, Portugal

Cargo:

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Civil Usage (Commander Andrew Giddings) was at sea in mid July 1777. About 14 July, twenty-one miles west of the Scilly Isles, England, she captured the brig Prince George (Henry Buese), bound from Bristol, England to the Madeira Islands, Portugal, one of three prizes. The captured masters were put aboard a Dutch ship and arrived at Dublin on 20 July. The captures were made within sight of a British warship, but it was a dead calm and she could do nothing. The Civil Usage used sixteen oars to close with the prizes. After these masters had been placed on the Dutch ship the privateer took a large vessel, which fired five guns at her.

[NDAR, IX, 519; X, 616-617 and 617 notes]

Revised 20 January 2009