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American Prizes October 1776 |
Name of Vessel:
Endeavour
Master of Vessel:
Michael Dyer
Rig of Vessel:
Schooner
Date of Capture:
13 October 1776
Place of Capture:
Captor:
Rhode Island Privateer Sloop Montgomery
Home Port:
From What Port:
Bermuda
To What Port:
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Cargo:
Salt, rum, molasses, sugar
Tonnage:
125
Battery:
Crew:
Owners:
Prize master:
Prize crew:
Ordered Into:
Providence, Rhode Island
Into What Port:
Providence, Rhode Island
Date Arrived:
Date Tried:
30 November 1776
Date Sold:
Action:
No
Recaptured:
No
Comments: Rhode Island Privateer Sloop Montgomery (Commander Thomas Ruttenber) was at sea in October 1776. On 13 October Montgomery took the 125-ton schooner Endeavour (Michael Dyer), bound from Bermuda to Halifax, Nova Scotia with salt, rum, molasses and sugar. She was sent into Providence, Rhode Island, where she was libeled on 12 November 1776 and tried on 30 November. She was ordered sold after 5 December.
[NDAR, VII, 115-116; Faibisy, A Compilation of Nova Scotia Vessels . . ., in NDAR, X, 1201-1210; The Providence Gazette; And Country Journal, Saturday, November 30, 1776]
| Posted 21 August 2011 |
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