Name of Vessel:

Florian

Master of Vessel:

James Dowell

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

5 April 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HMS Raisonable

Home Port:

From What Port:

Charleston, South Carolina

To What Port:

Nantes, France

Cargo:

Rice, indigo, pimento, fustic

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Plymouth, England

Into What Port:

Plymouth, England

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

1777

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The brig Florian (James Dowell) was bound from Charleston, South Carolina to Nantes, France with a cargo of rice, indigo, fustic, and pimento. On 5 April 1777 she was captured by HMS Raisonable and taken in to Plymouth, England. Florian was tried in the High Court of Admiralty and condemned in 1777.

[“List of Vessels seized, destroyed or retaken by the American Squadron between the 25^th of October 1777, and the 28^th of September 1778, according to the Returns received by the Vice Admiral the Viscount Howe, exclusive of those seized or destroyed by His Majesty’s Ships in Chesapeake Bay, and on the Parts of the Coast of North America to the Southward thereof, of which a Return was made on the 23^rd of April 1778,” in The London Gazette, Saturday, November 21, to Tuesday, November 24, 1778; The Pennsylvania Ledger: or the Weekly Advertiser [Philadelphia], October 10, 1777, datelined Charlestown, August 28, 1777; HCA 32/331/16/1-11]