Name of Vessel:

Clarendon

Master of Vessel:

John Denniston [Deniston]

Rig of Vessel:

Ship

Date of Capture:

2 October 1776

Place of Capture:

41°N, 45°W

Captor:

Continental Navy Brig Cabot

Home Port:

From What Port:

Jamaica, British West Indies

To What Port:

Glasgow, Scotland

Cargo:

Rum, sugar, mahogany, hides

Tonnage:

200

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prizemaster:

Prizecrew:

Ordered Into:

New London, Connecticut

Into What Port:

New London, Connecticut

Date Arrived:

8 November 1776

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

16 December 1776

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments:  Ship Clarendon (John Deniston), 200 tons,  was captured by Continental Navy Brig Cabot (First Lieutenant Elisha Hinman) on 2 October 1776, at 41°N, 45°W. She was bound from Jamaica to Glasgow, Scotland, with a cargo of rum, mahogany, hides, and sugar. On 5 October 1776 the prisoners from Clarendon and other prizes taken by Cabot were placed on ship Georgiana (Kentish), captured that day and released. Although Cabot put aboard some provisions it was insufficient in quantity. Georgiana parted from Cabot on 6 October. She fortunately obtained some provisions from Betty (Angus) off the Scilly Isles, “or they must all have perished.” Georgiana arrived at Dover about 11 November 1776. Not all the Clarendon’s prisoners were released, however. Clarendon was brought into New London by way of Nantucket Shoals, Vineyard Sound and Fisher's Island Sound, by a very good pilot, Peter Richards, who charged £21 for the service. She arrived on 8 November 1776.Clarendon was libeled on 11 November 1776. Her sale was to take place on 16 December 1776. She was sent into New London. Hinman and Hopkins sent for the prize money on 4 February 1777. Her sale was not completed by 4 February 1777. As for the prisoners, Nathaniel Shaw, Jr. was empowered to negotiate an exchange for Clardendon’s crew on 13 December 1776.

[NDAR, VII, 85-86, 106, 118-119, 221 and note, 251-252, 385-386, 474-475, 736, 1102 and note, 1103]

Posted 21 August 2011

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