Name of Vessel:

Dolphin

Master of Vessel:

Andrew McKenzie

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

16 April 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HMS Portland

Home Port:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

From What Port:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

To What Port:

St. Eustatius, Netherlands West Indies

Cargo:

Flour, tar

Tonnage:

40

Battery:

Crew:

6

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Antigua, British West Indies

Into What Port:

Antigua. British West Indies

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

12 May 1777

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The 40-ton schooner Dolphin (Andrew McKenzie) was bound from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she was owned, to St. Eustatius, Netherlands West Indies with a cargo of flour and tar. On 16 April 1777 she was captured by HMS Portland (Captain Thomas Dumaresq). The British removed her six man crew and sent her into Antigua, British West Indies. Dolphin was condemned at Antigua on 12 May 1777.

[NDAR, VIII, 490-491; XI, 124-130]