Name of Vessel:

Three Brothers [Two Brothers]

Master of Vessel:

Thomas Johnson

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

25 July 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Active; Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Speedwell

Home Port:

From What Port:

Newfoundland

To What Port:

Barbados, British West Indies

Cargo:

Fish

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prizemaster:

Prizecrew:

Ordered Into:

[Boston, Massachusetts]

Into What Port:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

Yes

Comments: Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Active (Commander Andrew Gardner) and Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Speedwell (Commander Jonathan Greely) sailed with Captain John Manley’s squadron, but soon parted company. On 25 July the two schooners fell in with and captured the brig Three Brothers [Two Brothers], out of Newfoundland bound to Barbados, British West Indies with a cargo of fish. Three Brothers was dispatched to America, but was sighted some nine miles northwest of Mt. Desert Island, chased, and captured by HM Frigate Rainbow (Captain Sir George Collier) on 20 August 1777. She was sent to Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was tried and condemned on 17 September 1777.

[NDAR, IX, 772 and note. The prize is referred to here as the Two Brothers.]

Revised 20 January 2009