Name of Vessel:

Phoenix

Master of Vessel:

Elisha Coffin

Rig of Vessel:

Date of Capture:

28 April 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Frigate Galatea

Home Port:

From What Port:

Nantucket, Massachusetts

To What Port:

Cargo:

Sugar, oil

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The Phoenix (Elisha Coffin) was bound from Nantucket, Massachusetts with a cargo of sugar and oil. She was captured by HM Frigate Galatea on 28 April 1777.

[NDAR, VIII, 1053-1063]