Name of Vessel:

Friendship

Master of Vessel:

John Gibbons

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

4 April 1777

Place of Capture:

21 miles southeast of Cape Henry, Virginia

Captor:

HM Frigate Emerald

Home Port:

From What Port:

Curaçao, Netherlands West Indies

To What Port:

Virginia

Cargo:

Ballast

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

[scuttled]

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Schooner Friendship (John Gibbons) was en route from Curaçao, Netherlands West Indies to Virginia, in ballast, on 4 April 1777. She was sighted by HM Frigate Emerald (Captain Benjamin Caldwell) st 0500, some twenty-miles southeast of Cape Henry, Virginia, and chased. Friendship was captured at 1000. The prisoners were removed and the schooner was scuttled.

[NDAR, VIII, 271, 1053-1063]