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American Prizes October 1780 |
Name of Vessel:
[unknown]
Master of Vessel:
Rig of Vessel:
Brig
Date of Capture:
11 October 1780
Place of Capture:
38°54'N
Captor:
Connecticut Privateer Sloop Randolph
Home Port:
From What Port:
England
To What Port:
Cargo:
Tonnage:
Battery:
2x
Crew:
Owners:
Prizemaster:
Prizecrew:
Ordered Into:
Into What Port:
Date Arrived:
Date Tried:
Date Sold:
Action:
No
Recaptured:
No
Comments: Connecticut Privateer Sloop Randolph (Commander Nicholl Fosdick) was cruising to the east, running down latitude 38°N. On 11 October, at 0800, near 38°54'N, she captured an unknown British brig, mounting two guns, bound from England, with a cargo valued at £20,000. Later that day Randolph spoke the Rhode Island Privateer Sloop Hope (Commander James Munroe) and the two sailed together until the next day, when they parted.
[Maclay, History of American Privateers, 171. This is from the Journal of Solomon Drowne, aboard the Hope.]