Name of Vessel:

Drummond

Master of Vessel:

Samuel Sowle

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

17 June 1775

Place of Capture:

Newport Harbor, Newport, Rhode Island

Captor:

Newport citizens

Home Port:

From What Port:

Tobago, British West Indies

To What Port:

Newport, Rhode Island

Cargo:

Rum, sugar

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prizemaster:

Prizecrew:

Ordered Into:

Newport, Rhode Island

Into What Port:

Newport, Rhode Island

Date Arrived:

17 June 1775

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Sloop Drummond was captured by HM Frigate Rose on 14 June 1775, and was one of several vessels with provisions that the townspeople of Newport “recaptured” from the British. After the two British vessels sailed on the morning of 17 June (withdrawing their prize crews) the townspeople boarded the vessels and brought them to the wharves, where they were unloaded and “dismantled.” Captain Wallace of the Rose claimed the owners had agreed to ship provisions to the British.

[NDAR, I, 681, 705, 720-721, 722, 747]

Posted 3 June 2008