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American Prizes November 1776 |
Name of Vessel:
Hope
Master of Vessel:
Robert Caldwell
Rig of Vessel:
Schooner
Date of Capture:
[15] November 1776
Place of Capture:
Captor:
Connecticut Privateer Sloop Washington
Home Port:
From What Port:
Halifax, Nova Scotia [England]
To What Port:
Dominica, British West Indies [Nova Scotia]
Cargo:
Fish [Provisions]
Tonnage:
50
Battery:
Crew:
Owners:
Prize master:
Prize crew:
Ordered Into:
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Into What Port:
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Date Arrived:
1 December 1776
Date Tried:
9 January 1777
Date Sold:
Action:
No
Recaptured:
No
Comments: Connecticut Privateer Sloop Washington (Commander Joseph Jauncey) was at sea in the fall of 1776. She captured the schooner Hope, bound from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Dominica, British West Indies with a cargo of fish. Hope was sent in to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, arriving 1 December 1776. En route she had a chance meeting with a convoy of empty British transports at 48°58'N, 62°W, on 19 November 1776.
This is certainly the same vessel as the 50-ton schooner Hope (Robert Caldwell), bound from England to Nova Scotia with a cargo of provisions, which was captured by an unnamed person or vessel. She was libeled on 16 December, and tried in the New Hampshire admiralty court on 9 January 1777.
[NDAR, VII, 472-473; Faibisy, “A Compilation of Nova Scotia Vessels . . .,” in NDAR, X, 1201-1210; The Freeman’s Journal, or New-Hampshire Gaztte [Portsmouth], Tuesday, December 16, 1776]
| Posted 10 August 2011 |
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