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American Prizes October 1776 |
Name of Vessel:
Swan
Master of Vessel:
Prebble [Pupple]
Rig of Vessel:
Schooner
Date of Capture:
[October] 1776
Place of Capture:
Captor:
Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Liberty
Home Port:
From What Port:
To What Port:
Cargo:
Tonnage:
40
Battery:
Crew:
Owners:
Prize master:
Prize crew:
Ordered Into:
Massachusetts
Into What Port:
Massachusetts
Date Arrived:
Date Tried:
19 November 1776
Date Sold:
Action:
No
Recaptured:
No
Comments: The 40-ton schooner Swan (Prebble [Pupple]) was captured by the Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Liberty (Commander Ebenezer Pierce) about October 1776. Swan was libeled in the Massachusetts Maritime Court of the Middle District on 31 October and tried on 19 November 1776. Her loss was reported in the London newspapers on 27 December 1776.
[NDAR, VII, 809-810; The Independent Chronicle [Boston], Thursday, October 31, 1776]
| Posted 19 October 2011 |
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