Name of Vessel:

George

Master of Vessel:

B. Hayward

Rig of Vessel:

Brigantine [Brig]

Date of Capture:

13 November 1777

Place of Capture:

In the Bay of Biscay, at 27°40'N, 16°W (or 37°49'N, 16°W)

Captor:

New Hampshire Privateer Ship Portsmouth

Home Port:

Pool, England

From What Port:

Newfoundland

To What Port:

Bilboa, Spain

Cargo:

Fish

Tonnage:

100

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Penny & Co. of Pool, England

Prize master:

[Pearce]

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Into What Port:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Date Arrived:

20 December 1777

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

Yes

Comments: The 100-ton brigantine (or Brig) George (B. Hayward), was bound from Newfoundland to Bilboa, Spain with a cargo of fish. George was owned in Pool, England by Penny & Co. She was captured by the New Hampshire Privateer Ship Portsmouth (Commander John Hart) on 13 November 1777 at 27°40'N, 16°W (or 37°49'N, 16°W). An officer named Pearce was sent aboard as her prize master with a prize crew of seven men, and she was ordered into the Piscataqua River (Portsmouth). Hart took the occasion to report to John Langdon. The George parted on 18 November, but was however, recaptured on 18 December 1777, on the coast of Nova Scotia, at  43°30'N, by HM Schooner Tender Arbuthnot (Lieutenant Edward Dalton). Arbuthnot was a tender to HM Frigate Rainbow (Captain Sir George Collier). George arrived in Halifax on 20 December 1777. Presumably her prize crew was imprisoned there.

 [NDAR, X, 1002 and 1003 note; XI, 184-185]