Name of Vessel:

[unknown]

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Ship

Date of Capture:

28 April 1777

Place of Capture:

75 miles southeast of Cape Ann, Massachusetts

Captor:

HM Frigates Diamond and Greyhound

Home Port:

From What Port:

Newburyport [Beverly], Massachusetts

To What Port:

South Carolina

Cargo:

Lumber, fish

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: This unidentified ship was bound from Newburyport (or Beverly), Massachusetts to South Carolina with a cargo of lumber and fish. She was sighted to the southwest by HM Frigate Diamond, seventy-five miles southeast of Cape Ann, Massachusetts, on 28 April 1777. Diamond began chasing. At 1500 Diamond fired five guns at the chase which surrendered at 1530. She is credited to HM Frigates Diamond and Greyhound in Howe’s prize list.

[NDAR, VIII, 455, 1053-1063]