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American Prizes October 1776 |
Name of Vessel:
Friendship
Master of Vessel:
Richard Sainthill
Rig of Vessel:
Snow
Date of Capture:
12 October 1776
Place of Capture:
Captor:
Connecticut Privateer Sloop Washington
Home Port:
From What Port:
London, England
To What Port:
New York, New York
Cargo:
Rum, bread, beef, pork
Tonnage:
250, 270
Battery:
Crew:
Owners:
Prize master:
Prize crew:
Ordered Into:
Providence, Rhode Island
Into What Port:
Providence, Rhode Island
Date Arrived:
Date Tried:
11 November 1776
Date Sold:
12 November 1776
Action:
No
Recaptured:
No
Comments: Connecticut Privateer Sloop Washington (Commander Joseph Jauncey) was at sea in the fall of 1776. On 12 October 1776 she captured the 250 to 270-ton snow Friendship (Richard Sainthill), a British Navy victualler, bound from London to New York with a cargo of rum, bread, beef, pork and other provisions. Friendship was reported overdue at New York on 23 October. Friendship had sailed from England in July 1776, in a convoy escorted by HM Frigate Perseus. Friendship was sent into Providence, where she was libeled on 22 October and tried on 11 November 1776. Friendship and her cargo were sold at Providence on 12 November 1776. On 15 November permission was given the two mates of the Friendship to depart Rhode Island.
[NDAR, VI, 492-493, 493-496, 1349, 1382-1383 and 1383 note, 1421; VII, 96-97, 165-168, 642-647]
| Posted 21 August 2011 |
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