Name of Vessel:

Seaflower

Master of Vessel:

Isaac Robinson

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

[15] September 1778

Place of Capture:

Off Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

Captor:

Connecticut Privateer Sloop Betsey

Home Port:

 

From What Port:

 

To What Port:

 

Cargo:

 

Tonnage:

 

Battery:

 

Crew:

 

Owners:

 

Prizemaster:

 

Prizecrew:

Ordered Into:

New London, Connecticut

Into What Port:

New London, Connecticut

Date Arrived:

 

Date Tried:

5 October 1778

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Connecticut Privateer Sloop Betsey (Commander Nathan Moore) was at sea off Narragansett Bay in September 1778. She was conducting salvage operations on several British vessels which had foundered in Rhode Island that month. While doing so the sloop Seaflower (Isaac Robinson) was encountered and captured. The sloop and the salvaged goods were brought into New London, Connecticut and were tried on 5 October 1778.

[Middlebrook, Maritime Connecticut During The Revolution, II, 60]

Posted 11 November 2009