Name of Vessel:

Escape

Master of Vessel:

Benjamin Weeks [Wickes]

Rig of Vessel:

Date of Capture:

15 April 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Frigate Mermaid

Home Port:

From What Port:

Maryland

To What Port:

Cargo:

Flour

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The Escape (Benjamin Weeks [Wickes] was bound from Maryland with a cargo of flour. On 15 April 1777 she was captured by HM Frigate Mermaid.

[NDAR, VIII, 1053-1063]