Name of Vessel:

Phoenix

Master of Vessel:

John Darrell

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

17 October 1776

Place of Capture:

35°N, 56°W

Captor:

Rhode Island Privateer Sloop Greenwich

Home Port:

Bermuda, British West Indies

From What Port:

Quebec, Quebec

To What Port:

Grenada, British West Indies

Cargo:

Fish, empty casks

Tonnage:

150

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Providence, Rhode Island

Into What Port:

Providence, Rhode Island

Date Arrived:

[30] October 1776

Date Tried:

25 November 1776

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: On 17 October 1776 the Rhode Island Privateer Sloop Greenwich (Commander Job Pierce) was at 35°N, 56°W, where she encountered the 150-ton brig Phoenix (John Darrell). Phoenix was bound from Quebec, Quebec to Grenada in the British West Indies with a cargo of fish and empty ship casks, and had sailed about the middle of September 1776. The prize was owned in Bermuda by Benjamin Lightbourn, Edward Parker, Daniel Atwood, Joseph Hinson and Darrell. The cargo was owned by merchants in Montreal, Quebec. Phoenix was sent into Providence, Rhode Island, and arrived before 1 November 1776. She was libeled on 7 November, and the libel was published on 9 November, with trial to be held on 25 November.

[NDAR, VII, 6 and note, 96-97 and 97 note, 642-647; The Providence Gazette; And Country Journal, Saturday, November 9, 1776]

Posted 14 October 2011

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