Name of Vessel:

Two Brothers

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

[July] 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

South Carolina Privateer [unknown] Valentine

Home Port:

From What Port:

New Providence, Bahama Islands

To What Port:

New York, New York

Cargo:

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

[5]

Ordered Into:

[Charleston, South Carolina]

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

Yes

Comments:  South Carolina Privateer [Ship] Valentine was at sea in July 1777. She captured the schooner Two Brothers, from New Providence bound to New York. On 27 July 1777, some twenty-one miles southeast of Charleston Lighthouse, the Two Brothers was recaptured by HM Frigates Perseus (Captain George Keith Elphinstone), Galatea (Captain Thomas Jordan) and Brune (Captain James Ferguson).

[NDAR, IX, 343-345 and 345 note]

Revised 20 January 2009