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American Prizes October 1776 |
Name of Vessel:
Dragon
Master of Vessel:
Abraham Knowlton
Rig of Vessel:
Schooner
Date of Capture:
[October 1776]
Place of Capture:
Captor:
Massachusetts Privateer Schooner General Gates
Home Port:
From What Port:
Liverpool, Nova Scotia
To What Port:
[fishing]
Cargo:
Fish
Tonnage:
60
Battery:
Crew:
Owners:
Prize master:
Prize crew:
Ordered Into:
[Boston], Massachusetts
Into What Port:
[Boston], Massachusetts
Date Arrived:
Date Tried:
19 November 1776
Date Sold:
Action:
No
Recaptured:
No
Comments: The 60-ton schooner Dragon (Abraham Knowlton) was out bound from Liverpool, Nova Scotia on a fishing voyage. She had a cargo of fish aboard. She was captured by the Massachusetts Privateer Schooner General Gates (Commander William Carlton), possibly in October 1776. She was sent into Massachusetts and was libeled in the Maritime Court of the Middle District on 24 October 1776, and tried on 19 November 1776.
[Faibisy, A Compilation of Nova Scotia Vessels . . ., in NDAR, X, 1201-1210; The Independent Chronicle [Boston], Thursday, October 24, 1776]
| Posted 21 August 2011 |
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