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American Prizes October 1776 |
Name of Vessel:
Three Friends
Master of Vessel:
Thomas Russell
Rig of Vessel:
Brigantine
Date of Capture:
[October] 1776
Place of Capture:
Near the Newfoundland Banks
Captor:
New Hampshire Privateer Schooner McClary
Home Port:
From What Port:
St. Eustatia, Netherlands West Indies
To What Port:
Ireland
Cargo:
Sugar, coffee
Tonnage:
140
Battery:
Crew:
Owners:
Prize master:
Prize crew:
Ordered Into:
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Into What Port:
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Date Arrived:
1 November 1776
Date Tried:
27 November 1776
Date Sold:
12 December 1776
Action:
No
Recaptured:
No
Comments: Brigantine Three Friends (Thomas Russell), 140 tons, was en route from St. Eustatia to Ireland with a cargo of sugar and coffee. Near the Newfoundland Banks, Three Friends fell in with the New Hampshire Privateer Schooner McClary (Commander Robert Parker) and was captured. The prize was ordered into Portsmouth, New Hampshire, arriving on 1 November 1776. Three Friends was libeled on 5 November 1776 and tried on 27 November. She was sold on 12 December 1776, being described as “well found,” and the proceeds were £5870.8.3.
[NDAR, VII, 46 and note, 56-57, 101, 353-354, 809-810 [here listed as a ship], 1273-1274; The Freeman’s Journal, or The New Hampshire Gazette, Tuesday, November 5, 1776; December 3, 1776]
| Posted 19 October 2011 |
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