Name of Vessel:

Brothers

Master of Vessel:

R. Smith

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

16 April 1777

Place of Capture:

Off Anguilla, British West Indies

Captor:

HM Frigate Roebuck

Home Port:

From What Port:

Guadeloupe, French West Indies

To What Port:

Martinique, French West Indies

Cargo:

Tobacco, bread, flour

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

John Smith

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

St. Christopher’s, British West Indies

Into What Port:

St. Christopher’s, British West Indies

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Brig Brothers R. Smith; owned by John Smith) was en route from Guadeloupe to Martinique, both in the French West Indies, with a cargo of tobacco, bread and flour. On 16 April 1777, off Anguilla, British West Indies, Brothers was captured by HM Frigate Roebuck (Captain Andrew Snape Hamond) or one of her tenders. She was sent into St. Christopher’s, British West Indies.

[“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]