Name of Vessel:

Susanna

Master of Vessel:

George Parker

Rig of Vessel:

Ship

Date of Capture:

30 September 1780

Place of Capture:

Captor:

Pennsylvania Privateer Brigantine Ariel

Home Port:

From What Port:

Cork, Ireland

To What Port:

Charleston, South Carolina

Cargo:

Provisions

Tonnage:

300

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Into What Port:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Date Arrived:

29 October 1780

Date Tried:

11 November 1780

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Pennsylvania Privateer Brigantine Ariel (Commander Matthew Lawler) was at sea in September 1780. On 30 September Ariel captured the 300-ton ship Susanna (George Parker), bound from Cork, Ireland to Charleston, South Carolina with a cargo of provisions. She was ordered in to Philadelphia. Susanna safely arrived at New Castle before 28 October 1780. She was libeled on 30 October 1780 with her trial set for 11 November. Susanna had been condemned and sold by 16 January 1781, when a newspaper advertisement informed the public that the court was ready to distribute the sale proceeds to the agents.

[The Pennsylvania Packet or the General Advertiser [Philadelphia], Saturday, October 28, 1780; Tuesday, October 31, 1780; Tuesday, January 16, 1781]

Posted 2 June 2008