Name of Vessel:

Esther

Master of Vessel:

[Rogers]

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

29 April 1777

Place of Capture:

120 miles off Cape Ann, Massachusetts

Captor:

HM Frigate Scarborough

Home Port:

From What Port:

South Carolina

To What Port:

Cape Ann, Massachusetts

Cargo:

Rice, tar

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Into What Port:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Schooner Esther (Rogers) was bound from South Carolina to Cape Ann, Massachusetts with a cargo of rice and tar. On 29 April 1777 she was about 120 miles off Cape Ann. She was sighted at 0900 by HM Frigate Scarborough (Captain Henry Mowat) and the chase was on. At 1400 Mowat dispatched his boats after the chase. The boats returned at 1600 with the Esther. A prize crew was sent aboard and Esther remained in company for a time. She was sent into Halifax, Nova Scotia. Esther was libeled on 10 May 1777, and she was condemned on 27 May.

[NDAR, VIII, 478-479 and 479 note, 1034; “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]