Name of Vessel:

Betsy

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

28 April 1777

Place of Capture:

165 miles southwest of Mount Desert Island, Massachusetts [Maine]

Captor:

HM Frigates Diamond and Greyhound

Home Port:

From What Port:

South Carolina

To What Port:

Boston, Massachusetts

Cargo:

Rice, tar, indigo

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The sloop Betsy was bound from South Carolina for Boston, Massachusetts with a cargo of rice, tar and indigo. She was about 165 miles southwest of Mount Desert Island, Massachusetts [Maine] on 28 April 1777. At 0700 she was sighted by HM Frigate Scarborough (Captain Henry Mowat) who began chasing. At 1300 Mowat fired two 9-pounders and four swivels at the Betsey, which surrendered. A midshipman and four men went aboard as a prize crew. In Admiral Howe’s prize list she is credited to HM Frigates Diamond and Greyhound.

[NDAR, VIII, 454-455, 478-479, 1053-1063]