British Prizes - April 1777
| Date |
Captor |
Name |
Master |
Rig |
Codes |
Tons |
Crew |
Guns |
| 1 |
Mermaid |
Clarissa |
Noah Miller |
|
NA/I |
|
|
|
| 1 |
Beaver |
Polly |
Thomas Dickinson |
Sloop |
LI |
30 |
6 |
|
| [1] |
BP Schooner Surprize |
Mars |
Benjamin Tatem |
Schooner |
LI/O |
|
|
6 |
| 2 |
Emerald |
Industry |
John Jacques |
Brig |
NA/I |
|
|
|
| 2 |
Roebuck |
Defence |
Thomas Pickering |
Brig |
NA |
100 |
87 |
14 |
| 2 |
Antigua |
Rose |
Solomon Bunker |
Schooner |
LI/O |
65 |
9 |
|
| 2 |
Glasgow |
Unity |
|
Sloop |
J/I |
|
|
|
| 3 |
Daphne |
Ann |
Charles Bulkley |
|
NA/I |
|
|
|
| 3 |
Emerald |
Friendship |
Nicholas Houtvat |
Sloop |
NA§/O |
|
|
|
| 3 |
Daphne |
Nancy |
Joseph Bennet |
Schooner |
NA/I |
|
|
|
| 3 |
Seaford |
[unknown] |
|
Schooner |
LI■/I |
25 |
8 |
|
| 4 |
Emerald |
Friendship |
John Gibbons |
Schooner |
NA/I |
|
|
|
| 4 |
Antigua |
Ranger |
Daniel Bigelow |
Sloop |
LI§/O |
70 |
9 |
|
| 5 |
Daphne |
Bolton |
William Stevens |
Brig |
NA§/O |
|
|
|
| 5 |
Roebuck |
Dolphin |
William Raddon |
Schooner |
NA§/O |
|
|
|
| 5 |
Raisonable |
Florian |
James Dowell |
Brig |
NA/O |
|
|
|
| 5 |
Seaford |
La Seine |
Stephen Morin |
Ship |
LI¶■/I |
302 |
37 |
14 |
| 5 |
Perseus |
Neptune |
Daniel Van Vorhus |
Schooner |
NA/O |
|
|
|
| 5 |
Diamond, Greyhound |
Polly |
Charles Colehan |
Sloop |
NA/I |
|
11 |
|
| 5 |
Perseus |
Sachem |
James Robinson |
Sloop |
NA/I |
70 |
|
10 |
| 5 |
Lark |
Sophia |
Joseph Caney |
|
LI/I |
|
|
|
| 6 |
Pearl |
La Marie |
Jean Tennet |
Schooner |
NA■/I |
|
|
|
| 6 |
Pearl |
Harmony |
James Briggs |
Schooner |
NA/I |
|
|
|
| 6 |
Camilla |
Willing Maid |
Roger Pye |
Brig |
NA/I |
|
|
|
| 7 |
Amazon |
Tryal |
Joseph Bass |
|
NA |
|
|
|
| 10 |
Glasgow |
Aurora |
|
Brig |
NA |
|
|
|
| 11 |
Roebuck |
Morris |
|
Ship |
NA¶/I |
|
|
|
| 12 |
Falcon |
[unknown] |
|
|
NA/I |
|
|
|
| 12 |
Galatea |
Friendship |
William Bateman |
|
NA |
|
|
|
| 12 |
Thames |
Raven |
Charles Jenkins |
|
NA |
|
|
|
| 12 |
Albany |
Polly |
Nathaniel Atkins |
Brig |
NA/C |
|
|
|
| 12 |
Diamond, Greyhound |
Timoleon |
Joseph Blaid |
Brig |
NA■/I |
|
12 |
|
| 13 |
Phoenix |
Olive Branch |
Aaron Andrews |
|
NA |
|
|
|
| 14 |
Emerald |
Ann |
Francis Robins |
Brig |
NA§/O |
|
|
|
| 14 |
Daphne |
Black Rover |
McReur |
|
NA§/O |
|
|
|
| 14 |
Brune |
Winyaw |
Samuel Harlow |
Schooner |
NA/C |
|
|
|
| 15 |
Camilla |
[unknown] |
|
|
NA/I |
|
|
|
| 15 |
Mermaid |
Escape |
Benjamin Weeks |
|
NA |
|
|
|
| 15 |
Brune, Merlin |
Le Bien Heureux |
Gaspard Giurlavi |
Brig |
NA/I |
|
|
|
| 15 |
Brune |
Swiftsure |
John Munro |
|
NA/I |
|
|
|
| 15 |
Terrible |
♦Rising States |
James Thompson |
Brig |
E |
210 |
39 |
16 |
| 15 |
Emerald |
Susannah |
William Horn |
Schooner |
NA§/O |
|
|
|
| [15] |
Albion |
Constant Friend |
Benjamin Evans |
Brig |
E |
|
|
|
| [15] |
Seaford |
La Marie |
|
Schooner |
LI■ |
|
|
|
| [15] |
BP Sloop Tartar |
St. Jacques |
|
Sloop |
LI■ |
|
|
|
| [15] |
West Florida |
[unknown] |
|
|
J§/O |
|
|
|
| [15] |
West Florida |
[unknown] |
|
|
J§/O |
|
|
|
| [15] |
West Florida |
[unknown] |
|
|
J/O |
|
|
|
| [15] |
Glasgow |
Volante |
|
Schooner |
J/I |
|
|
|
| 16 |
Roebuck |
Brothers |
R. Smith |
Brig |
LI§/O |
|
|
|
| 16 |
Portland |
Dolphin |
Andrew Mackenzie |
Schooner |
LI/O |
40 |
6 |
|
| 17 |
Lark |
Lady Washington |
William Preston |
|
NA |
|
|
|
| 18 |
Galatea |
Alston |
William Thompson |
Sloop |
NA/C |
|
|
|
| 18 |
Diamond, Greyhound |
Polly |
|
Schooner |
NA/I |
|
|
|
| 19 |
Merlin |
Dispatch |
Richard Collings Harding |
|
NA |
|
|
|
| 19 |
Mermaid |
♦Experiment |
|
|
NA |
|
|
|
| 19 |
Mermaid |
Hazard |
|
|
NA/C |
|
|
|
| 19 |
Mermaid |
Lyon |
Timothy Shaler |
Sloop |
NA |
95 |
80 |
8 |
| 20 |
Camilla |
[unknown] |
|
|
NA/I |
|
|
|
| 20 |
Emerald |
Revenge |
Henry Laugiew |
Sloop |
NA/I |
|
|
|
| 20 |
Roebuck |
Turtle |
Nathaniel Robinson |
|
NA/C |
|
|
|
| 21 |
Pearl |
[unknown] |
|
|
NA |
|
|
|
| 21 |
Galatea |
Francis |
Thomas Baker |
Sloop |
NA/I |
|
|
|
| 21 |
Haerlem |
Olive |
Nathaniel Wildbore |
Sloop |
NA/C |
|
|
|
| 21 |
Camilla |
Perfect |
Etienne Godnet |
|
NA/I |
|
|
|
| 21 |
Brune |
York |
|
|
NA |
|
|
|
| 21 |
Scarborough |
Sally |
|
Schooner |
NA/I |
|
|
|
| 22 |
Phoenix |
Esther |
|
|
NA |
|
|
|
| 22 |
Diamond, Greyhound |
Success |
|
|
NA |
|
|
|
| 23 |
Phoenix |
Betsy |
George Shockley |
|
NA/C |
|
|
|
| 23 |
Lark |
Friendship |
Nicholas Houtvat |
Sloop |
NA§/O |
|
|
|
| 23 |
Merlin |
Industry |
Jacob Allen |
|
NA |
|
|
|
| 24 |
Thames |
Jenny |
John Lippitt |
|
NA/I |
|
|
|
| 24 |
Haerlem |
Marquis of Kildare |
Robert Pollet |
Brig |
NA¶/I |
|
|
|
| 24 |
Galatea |
Molly |
Benjamin Cox |
|
NA |
|
|
|
| 24 |
Galatea |
Proteus |
William Proby |
|
NA/I |
|
|
|
| 25 |
Pearl |
[unknown] |
Shaw |
Sloop |
NA/C |
|
|
|
| 25 |
Camilla |
[unknown] |
|
|
NA/O |
|
|
|
| 25 |
Galatea |
Dove |
Abraham Toppen |
|
NA/O |
|
|
|
| 25 |
Merlin |
Polly |
Alexander English |
|
NA |
|
|
|
| [25] |
|
[unknown] |
|
Sloop |
NA/C |
|
|
|
| 25 |
Thames |
Raleigh |
Edward Travis |
Brig |
NA/O |
130 |
60 |
10 |
| 26 |
Camilla |
[unknown] |
|
|
NA |
|
|
|
| 26 |
Galatea |
John |
Christopher Worth |
|
NA |
|
|
|
| 26 |
Haerlem |
Olive |
John Delano |
Sloop |
NA/C |
|
|
|
| 26 |
Albany |
Seaflower |
|
Schooner |
NA/O |
|
|
|
| 27 |
Haerlem |
[unknown] |
George Clark |
Sloop |
NA/C |
|
|
|
| 28 |
Diamond, Greyhound |
[unknown] |
|
Ship |
NA/C |
|
|
|
| 28 |
Diamond, Greyhound |
Betsy |
|
Sloop |
NA/O |
|
|
|
| 28 |
Diamond, Greyhound |
Savage |
|
|
NA |
|
|
|
| 28 |
Thames |
Industry |
Gabriel Sund |
Schooner |
NA/O |
|
|
|
| 28 |
Diamond, Greyhound |
Paris |
Tristram Coffin |
Ship |
NA¶/I |
220 |
|
|
| 28 |
Galatea |
Phoenix |
Elisha Coffin |
|
NA |
|
|
|
| 28 |
Phoenix |
Billy and Mary |
John Burrows |
Ship |
NA§/O |
|
|
|
| 28 |
Daphne |
♦William and Mary |
|
Sloop |
NA/I |
|
|
|
| 29 |
Pearl |
[unknown] |
|
|
NA |
|
|
|
| 29 |
Pearl |
[unknown] |
John M'Kenny |
[Boat] |
NA/C |
|
|
|
| 29 |
Scarborough |
Betsy |
|
Sloop |
NA/O |
|
|
|
| 29 |
Scarborough |
Esther |
[Rogers] |
Schooner |
NA/C |
|
|
|
| 29 |
Scarborough |
Ranger |
|
Sloop |
NA/O |
|
|
|
| 29 |
Pearl |
Chance |
John Verden |
|
NA |
|
|
|
| 30 |
Foudroyant |
Alice |
John Porter |
Sloop |
E/O |
|
|
|
| 30 |
Brune |
Gratitude |
Frederick Lykmes |
|
NA |
|
|
|
| 30 |
Diamond, Greyhound |
Hannah |
|
Brig |
NA/O |
|
|
|
| 30 |
Diamond, Greyhound |
Juno |
|
Sloop |
NA/O |
|
|
|
| 30 |
Diamond, Greyhound |
Tayron |
|
Schooner |
NA/C |
|
4 |
|
| 30 |
Brune |
Liberty |
Abraham Jones |
|
NA |
|
|
|
CODES/NOTES:
American government owned shipping or cargo (warships, trading vessels, packets, etc.)
American privateers/letters of marque
¶ Munitions in cargo
§ Tobacco in cargo
■ French; ♠ Dutch; ▲ Spanish; ♣ Other neutral
Place of capture: NA = North America; NF = Newfoundland; LT = Lesser Antilles; J = Greater Antilles; E = European waters
Destination: /O = outward bound (from America); /I = inward bound (to America); /C = coastal traffic; /P = in port
♦ Recaptured from the enemy
| Summary By Rig: April 1777 |
| Status |
Brigs |
Schooners |
Ships |
Sloops |
Others |
Total |
| Captured |
15 |
20 |
5 |
22 |
43 |
105 |
| Recaptured |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| Total Captures |
16 (15%) |
20 (19%) |
5 (5%) |
23 (22%) |
43 (41%) |
107 |
| Recaptured by enemy |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Released |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total: |
16 |
20 |
5 |
22 |
43 |
106 |
| Significant Captures: April 1777 |
| Government vessels |
2 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
6 (6%) |
| Privateers |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
5 (5%) |
| Tobacco in cargo |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
12 (11%) |
| Munitions in cargo |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
4 (4%) |
| Total |
7 |
2 |
7 |
8 |
3 |
27 (25%) |
| Summary By Area/Nationality/Destination: April 1777 |
| Area |
| Status |
North America |
Newfoundland |
Lesser Antilles |
Greater Antilles |
Europe |
Total |
| Captured |
88 (82%) |
0 (0%) |
11 (10%) |
5 (5%) |
3 (3%) |
107 |
| Nationality |
| Status |
American |
French |
Spanish |
Dutch |
Other |
Total |
| Captured |
101 (94%) |
6 (6%) |
0 (0%) |
0 (0%) |
0 (0%) |
107 |
| Destination |
| Status |
Outbound |
Inbound |
Coastal |
In Port |
No Info |
Total |
| Captured |
29 (27%) |
31 (29%) |
15 (14%) |
0 (0%) |
32 (30%) |
107 |