Name of Vessel:

Lydia

Master of Vessel:

 

Rig of Vessel:

Ship

Date of Capture:

[15 October 1778]

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Captor:

[Maryland Privateer Sloop Abington]

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Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Ship Lydia was captured at an unknown date in 1778, by Commander James Handy, possibly while commanding the Maryland Privateer Sloop Abington.

[NRAR, 217; Claghorn, Naval Officers of the American Revolution, 137]

Posted 11 November 2009