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April 1777





Name of Vessel:

Industry

Master of Vessel:

Gabriel Sund

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

28 April 1777

Place of Capture:


Captor:

HM Frigate Thames

Home Port:


From What Port:

Baltimore [Annapolis], Maryland

To What Port:

West Indies

Cargo:

Flour

Tonnage:


Battery:


Crew:


Owners:


Prize master:


Prize crew:


Ordered Into:

New York, New York

Into What Port:

New York, New York

Date Arrived:

[17] May 1777

Date Tried:


Date Sold:


Action:

No

Recaptured:

No


Comments: The schooner Industry (Gabriel Sund) was bound from Baltimore or Annapolis, Maryland to the West Indies with a cargo of flour. On 28 April 1777 she was captured by HM Frigate Thames. Industry was sent into New York, New York, where she arrived about 17 May 1777.


[NDAR, VIII, 997, 1053-1063]