Name of Vessel:

[unknown]

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Boat

Date of Capture:

18 March 1781

Place of Capture:

Long Island Sound

Captor:

Connecticut Privateer Brig Artillery

Home Port:

From What Port:

To What Port:

Cargo:

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Connecticut

Into What Port:

Connecticut

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

1 May 1781

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Connecticut Privateer Brig Artillery (Commander Stephen Buckland) made an expedition to Long Island on 18 March 1781. En route a whaleboat was captured with some gold aboard. On Long Island some clothing and other dry goods were seized. The boat and goods were libeled in the Maritime Court of Hartford County, Connecticut on 14 April 1781. Trial was set for 1 May 1781.

[The Connecticut Courant [Hartford], Tuesday, May 17, 1781]