Name of Vessel:

Olive

Master of Vessel:

John Delano

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

26 April 1777

Place of Capture:

On the New England coast

Captor:

HM Armed Sloop Haerlem

Home Port:

From What Port:

Dartmouth, Massachusetts

To What Port:

North Carolina [South Carolina]

Cargo:

Ballast

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

H. Harris

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: Sloop Olive (John Delano; owned by H. Harris) was sailing out of Dartmouth, Massachusetts bound for North Carolina [South Carolina] in ballast. On 26 April 1777 she was on the New England coast, where she was captured by HM Armed Sloop Haerlem and sent into Halifax, Nova Scotia.

[NDAR, VIII, 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]