Name of Vessel:

Active

Master of Vessel:

David Mauger

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

2 November 1777

Place of Capture:

Off the Spanish coast

Captor:

Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Hawke

Home Port:

[Jersey]

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Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Hawke (Commander Jeremiah Hibbert) was at sea in November 1777 off the Spanish coast. Hawke captured the brig Active (David Mauger of Jersey) on 2 November 1777. Later Hibbert met the Massachusetts Privateer Schooner General Mercer (Commander James Babson), which also had taken several prizes. The prisoners were placed on the brig Flora (John Robins), captured by the General Mercer, and released to proceed to England.

[NDAR, XI, 870 and notes]