Name of Vessel:

Rover

Master of Vessel:

John Hunter

Rig of Vessel:

Brigantine

Date of Capture:

12 June 1776

Place of Capture:

Captor:

Rhode Island Privateer Sloop Montgomery

Home Port:

St. Johns, Antigua, British West Indies

From What Port:

St. Johns, Antigua, British West Indies

To What Port:

Dublin, Ireland

Cargo:

Rum, staves

Tonnage:

70-140

Battery:

Crew:

7

Owners:

Hunter and Taylor of Antigua, British West Indies

Prizemaster:

Prizecrew:

Ordered Into:

Providence, Rhode Island

Into What Port:

Dartmouth [Bedford], Massachusetts

Date Arrived:

[28] June 1776

Date Tried:

22 July 1776

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The interrogated prisoner was a deserter from HMS Argo. Rover was ex-Providence owned Betsey (Thomas Wood), taken by Argo. Libeled 3 July 1776, condemned 22 July 1776. Sold for £4,960.5.7.

[NDAR, V, 813 and note, 813-814 and 814 note, 889-890 and 890 note; VI, 506-508 and 508 note; VII, 642-647]

Revised 10 August 2009