Name of Vessel:

Susannah

Master of Vessel:

Bell

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

[July] 1777

Place of Capture:

In the Florida Straits

Captor:

South Carolina Privateer Sloop General Washington

Home Port:

From What Port:

Jamaica

To What Port:

New Providence, Bahamas

Cargo:

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Charleston, South Carolina

Into What Port:

Charleston, South Carolina

Date Arrived:

21 July 1777

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: South Carolina Privateer Sloop General Washington (Commander Hezekiah Anthony) was shadowing a British Jamaica convoy in early July 1777 with South Carolina Privateer Sloop Vixen (Commander Downham Newton). Sloop Susannah, credited to General Washington alone, was probably cut out of this convoy. She was from Jamaica to New Providence, and was sent off to Charleston. She arrived there, by way of the inland passage, on 21 July.

[NDAR, IX, 287-288, 310-311 and 311 note]

Revised 20 January 2009