Name of Vessel:

Polly

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

18 April 1777

Place of Capture:

159 miles east of Cape Ann, Massachusetts

Captor:

HM Frigates Diamond and Greyhound

Home Port:

From What Port:

St. Lucia, French West Indies

To What Port:

Ipswich, Massachusetts

Cargo:

Molasses, coffee

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

4 [partial]

Owners:

Prize master:

Mate

Prize crew:

5 [total]

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The schooner Polly was bound from St. Lucia, French West Indies for Ipswich, Massachusetts with a cargo of molasses and coffee. On 18 April 1777 HM Frigates Greyhound (Captain Archibald Dickson) and Diamond (Captain Charles Feilding) were about 160 miles east of Cape Ann. At 1530 Greyhound sighted a sail to the north. She soon came up with the schooner Polly. It took four 9-pounders and a 3-pounder to bring the Polly to surrender. Greyhound sent a mate and four men aboard as a prize crew and removed four prisoners.

[NDAR, VIII, 365 and note, 1053-1063]