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British Prizes April 1775 |
Name of Vessel:
[unknown]
Master of Vessel:
Rig of Vessel:
Sloop
Date of Capture:
20 April 1775
Place of Capture:
Boston Harbor, Boston, Massachusetts
Captor:
British sailors
Home Port:
Boston, Massachusetts
From What Port:
Boston, Massachusetts
To What Port:
Cargo:
Wood
Tonnage:
Battery:
Crew:
Owners:
Prizemaster:
Prizecrew:
Ordered Into:
Boston, Massachusetts
Into What Port:
Boston, Massachusetts
Date Arrived:
20 April 1775
Date Tried:
Released
Date Sold:
Action:
No
Recaptured:
No
Comments: One of two wood sloops seized by Admiral Graves to be used as a troop transport. After evacuating exposed British troops she was released on 21 April 1775.
[NDAR, I, 202]
Posted 6 June 2008