Name of Vessel:

Friendship

Master of Vessel:

Shotten

Rig of Vessel:

Snow

Date of Capture:

6 November 1776

Place of Capture:

42°22'N, 27°03'W, on the Newfoundland Banks

Captor:

Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Washington

Home Port:

From What Port:

Quebec, Quebec

To What Port:

Barcelona, Spain

Cargo:

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Cape Ann, Massachusetts

Into What Port:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

Yes

Comments: Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Washington (Commander Elias Smith) captured the snow Friendship (Shotten), on 6 November 1776, at 42°22'N, 27°03'W, on the Newfoundland Banks. She was from Quebec, Quebec, bound to Barcelona, Spain. The master and four men were removed and a prize crew of seven men went aboard. She was ordered into Cape Ann, Massachusetts. On 26 November Friendship was re-captured by the Nova Scotia Provincial Marine Schooner Loyal Nova-Scotian (Captain John Alexander) and taken into Halifax, Nova Scotia. There she was tried and condemned on 14 December.

[NDAR, VII, 443-444 and 444 note, 788, 794; VIII, 613; AVCR, 33]

Posted 10 August 2011

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