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American Prizes October 1776 |
Name of Vessel:
Live Oak
Master of Vessel:
James Wallace
Rig of Vessel:
Brig
Date of Capture:
3 October 1776
Place of Capture:
Captor:
Rhode Island Privateer Sloop Diamond
Home Port:
Glasgow, Scotland
From What Port:
Jamaica, British West Indies
To What Port:
London, England
Cargo:
Sugar, rum, mahogany, logwood, copper
Tonnage:
200, 250, 260
Battery:
Crew:
Owners:
John Wallace & Company of Glasgow, Scotland
Prize master:
Prize crew:
Ordered Into:
Providence, Rhode Island
Into What Port:
Providence, Rhode Island
Date Arrived:
[5] November 1776
Date Tried:
27 November 1776
Date Sold:
Action:
No
Recaptured:
No
Comments: This vessel was ordered detained by the Georgia Council of Safety during November 1775 to January 1776. She was liberated by the British after the Battle of Hutchinson’s Island (3 March 1776).
The escape did not last long. The brigantine or brig Live Oak (James Wallace), 200 tons or 260 tons, was captured on 3 October 1776, by Rhode Island Privateer Sloop Diamond (Commander Thomas Stacy. She was laden with sugar, rum, mahogany, logwood, and copper, and was bound from Jamaica in the British West Indies to London, England. The prize master ran her ashore coming into Providence, Rhode Island, but she was refloated without damage. Live Oak was libeled on 7 November 1776, and tried on 27 November.
[NDAR, IV, 172, 460-461, 1112-1114; V, 211; VII, 73, 96-97 and 97 note, 139-141 and 141 note, 642-647]
| Posted 5 September 2011 |
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