Name of Vessel:

Amelia

Master of Vessel:

Robert Lindsay

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

[March] 1781

Place of Capture:

Captor:

Maryland Privateer Schooner Antelope and Maryland Privateer Schooner Felicity

Home Port:

From What Port:

St. Christopher’s, British West Indies

To What Port:

London, England [Glasgow, Scotland]

Cargo:

Tobacco, cotton

Tonnage:

100

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Into What Port:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Date Arrived:

[18] March 1781

Date Tried:

28 March 1781

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The 100-ton brig Amelia (Robert Lindsay) was bound from St. Kitts, British West Indies, to London, England, (or Glasgow, Scotland), with a cargo of tobacco and cotton. Amelia was captured, about March 1781, by Maryland Privateer Schooners Felicity (Commander Thomas Cole) and Antelope (Commander Frederick Folger). She arrived at Philadelphia before 20 March 1781. She was libeled on 27 March with her trial set for 28 March.

[The Pennsylvania Packet or the General Advertiser [Philadelphia], Tuesday, March 20, March 27, 1781; The Connecticut Journal [New Haven], Thursday, April 5, 1781, datelined Philadelphia, March 21, 1781]