Name of Vessel:

Success

Master of Vessel:

Eleazer Ball [Bell; William Hall]

Rig of Vessel:

Ship

Date of Capture:

6 October 1776

Place of Capture:

42°N, 47°W

Captor:

Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Retaliation

Home Port:

From What Port:

Jamaica, British West Indies

To What Port:

Bristol, England

Cargo:

Sugar, rum, cotton, mahogany, fustic

Tonnage:

190, 260

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Boston, Massachusetts

Into What Port:

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Date Arrived:

27 October 1776

Date Tried:

22 November 1776

Date Sold:

4 December 1776

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Brigantine Retaliation (Commander Eleazer Giles) was at sea in late September 1776. On 6 October 1776 the 190 or 260-ton ship Success (Eleazer Ball [Bell]) was captured, at 42°N, 47°W. She had sailed from Jamaica, British West Indies on 9 August 1776, bound to Bristol with a cargo of sugar, rum, cotton, mahogany, and fustic. She was sent off to Boston, Massachusetts. Success arrived at Portsmouth, New Hampshire on 27 October. She reported that Retaliation had also taken a brig and a ship, and was seen engaging another ship. She was brought to Boston and libeled on 4 November 1776. In the libel her master is listed as William Hall. Trial was to be held on 22 November. Success was advertised for sale with her cargo on 21 November, with the auction set for 4 December 1776.

[NDAR, VI, 1442 and note; VII, 809-810; The Boston Gazette and Country Journal, Monday, November 4, 1776; The Independent Chronicle and the Universal Advertiser [Boston], Thursday, November 21, 1776; November 28, 1776]

Posted 19 October 2011

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