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British Prizes April 1777 |
Name of Vessel:
[unknown]
Master of Vessel:
Rig of Vessel:
Sloop
Date of Capture:
[25] April 1777
Place of Capture:
Cape Henlopen, Delaware
Captor:
Home Port:
From What Port:
South Carolina
To What Port:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cargo:
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 sloop was bound from South Carolina for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. About 25 April 1777 she was driven ashore by a British cruiser on Cape Henlopen, Delaware and destroyed.
[NDAR, VIII, 486-487]