Name of Vessel:

Marquis [Marquess] of Kildare

Master of Vessel:

Robert Pollet [Follet]

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

24 April 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Armed Sloop Haerlem

Home Port:

From What Port:

Guadeloupe, French West Indies

To What Port:

Piscataqua River, New Hampshire

Cargo:

Salt, cordage, dry goods, gunpowder, naval stores

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: Brig Marquess of Kildare (Robert Pollet [Follet]) was sailing out of Guadeloupe, French West Indies bound for the Piscataqua River, New Hampshire with a cargo of salt, cordage, naval stores, gunpowder and dry goods. She had previously made at least one successful voyage to Portsmouth with war supplies. On 24 April 1777 she was captured by HM Armed Sloop Haerlem (Lieutenant John Knight) and sent into Halifax, Nova Scotia.

[NDAR, VIII, 81, 997 and note; “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]