Name of Vessel:

Margaret

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Ship

Date of Capture:

[10] November 1780

Place of Capture:

Off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina

Captor:

Massachusetts Privateer Ship Viper

Home Port:

From What Port:

Charleston, South Carolina

To What Port:

New York, New York

Cargo:

Beef, pork, butter, porter

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prizemaster:

Prizecrew:

Ordered Into:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Into What Port:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Massachusetts Privateer Ship Viper (Commander William Williams) captured the British ship Margaret on the day after her battle with British New York Privateer Hetty, in which Williams was killed. Margaret was bound to New York from Charleston with butter, beef, pork, and porter. She was safely taken into Philadelphia.

[Maclay, History of American Privateers, 208-209]

Posted 20 March 2010