Name of Vessel:

Lydia

Master of Vessel:

Thomas Dean

Rig of Vessel:

Ship

Date of Capture:

[November] 1776

Place of Capture:

Captor:

Maryland Privateer Schooner Harlequin

Home Port:

From What Port:

Jamaica, British West Indies

To What Port:

London [Liverpool], England

Cargo:

Sugar, hides, turtle shell, mahogany, cotton, pimento, and indigo

Tonnage:

150, 200

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Baltimore, Maryland

Into What Port:

Baltimore, Maryland

Date Arrived:

10 December 1776

Date Tried:

31 December 1776

Date Sold:

9 January 1777

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Maryland Privateer Schooner Harlequin (Commander James Handy) was at sea in November 1776. In that month he captured the 150 or 200-ton ship Lydia (Thomas Dean [Dane]), with a cargo of sugar, hides, turtle shell, mahogany, cotton, pimento, and indigo. Lydia had been bound from Jamaica, in the British West Indies, to London (or to Liverpool), England, when she was captured. The value of her cargo was estimated to exceed £20000. Harlequin brought her into Baltimore, Maryland on 10 December 1776. She was a “Verry fine” vessel according to one observer. She was libeled on 11 December and tried on 31 December. She was advertised for sale, with the date set for 9 January 1777.  Lydia was bought for the Maryland Navy for £4400 on 13 January 1777.

[NDAR, VII, 439 and note, 452 and note; 453 and note, 669-670 and 670 note, 839, 915 and note, 946; VIII, 742]

Posted 10 August 2011

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