Name of Vessel:

Clarissa

Master of Vessel:

Noah Miller [Millar]

Rig of Vessel:

Date of Capture:

1 April 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Frigate Mermaid

Home Port:

From What Port:

St. Eustatius, Netherlands East Indies

To What Port:

Cargo:

Salt

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

[New York, New York]

Into What Port:

[New York, New York]

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

1777

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The Clarissa (Noah Miller [Millar]) was bound from St. Eustatius, Netherlands West Indies with a cargo of salt. On 1 April 1777 she was captured by HM Frigate Mermaid (Captain James Hawker). Clarissa was sent into New York, New York, or to England. She is in the High Court of Admiralty records as being tried and condemned in 1777.

[NDAR, VIII, 1053-1063; HCA 32/294/2/1-3]