Name of Vessel:

Aurora

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

10 April 1777

Place of Capture:

Six miles west of San Germán, Puerto Rico

Captor:

HM Frigate Glasgow

Home Port:

From What Port:

Guadeloupe, French West Indies

To What Port:

Newburyport, Massachusetts

Cargo:

Molasses

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Petty officer

Prize crew:

6 [total]

Ordered Into:

Jamaica, British West Indies

Into What Port:

Jamaica, British West Indies

Date Arrived:

[April] 1777

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Brig Aurora was en route from Guadeloupe, French West Indies to Newburyport, Massachusetts with a cargo of molasses. On 10 April 1777 she fell in with HM Frigate Glasgow (Captain Thomas Pasley), some Six miles west of San Germán, Puerto Rico. She was sighted at 1400 and stopped at 1800. The crew was removed and a petty officer and five men went aboard as a prize crew. Aurora was sent into Jamaica, British West Indies.

[NDAR, VIII, 317 and note; XI, 448-453 and 454n20]