Name of Vessel:

Bee

Master of Vessel:

John Clarke

Rig of Vessel:

Brigantine

Date of Capture:

[June 1781]

Place of Capture:

Captor:

Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Active

Home Port:

From What Port:

To What Port:

Cargo:

Tonnage:

60

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

23 December 1783

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The 60-ton brigantine Bee (John Clarke) was libeled in the Massachusetts Maritime Court of the Middle District on 4 December 1783, with her trial set for 23 December. Bee was libeled by Commander John Patten [Pattin], “late commander” of Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Active. This was a vessel that Patten had apparently captured back in 1781. He was captured by the British in July 1781, and had apparently never prosecuted the libel.

[The Independent Chronicle and the Universal Advertiser [Boston], December 4, 1783, December 12, 1783]