Name of Vessel:

Dolphin

Master of Vessel:

William Raddon

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

5 April 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Frigate Roebuck

Home Port:

From What Port:

St. Eustatius, Netherlands West Indies

To What Port:

Cargo:

Flour, hoops, tobacco

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 schooner Dolphin (William Raddon) was bound from [to] St. Eustatius, Netherlands West Indies with a cargo of flour, hoops and tobacco. She was captured by HM Frigate Roebuck on 5 April 1777. Dolphin was sent into New York, New York, where she was tried and condemned in the Vice-Admiralty court in 1777.

[NDAR, VIII, 1053-1063; HCA 32/309/12/1-2; The London Gazette, Saturday, February 6, to Tuesday, February 9, 1779]