Name of Vessel:

[unknown]

Master of Vessel:

George Clark

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

27 April 1777

Place of Capture:

On the New England coast

Captor:

HM Armed Sloop Haerlem

Home Port:

From What Port:

Nantucket, Massachusetts

To What Port:

Cargo:

Fish

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Into What Port:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: This unknown sloop (George Clark) was sailing out of Nantucket, Massachusetts on a fishing voyage. She was captured on the coast of New England, on 27 April 1777, by HM Armed Sloop Haerlem and sent into Halifax, Nova Scotia. The sloop had a small cargo of fish aboard.

[“The following is a List of Vessels seized as Prizes, and of Recaptures made, by the American Squadron, between the 27^th of May and 24^th of October, 1777, according to the Returns received by Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Howe,” in The London Chronicle, Tuesday, December 2, to Saturday, December 6, 1777]