Name of Vessel:

Polly

Master of Vessel:

Charles Colehan

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

5 April 1777

Place of Capture:

120 miles southeast of Cape Ann, Massachusetts

Captor:

HM Frigates Diamond and Greyhound

Home Port:

From What Port:

St. Eustatius, Netherlands West Indies

To What Port:

Kennebec River, Massachusetts [Maine]

Cargo:

Molasses, salt, coffee, cordage

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

11 [total]

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 sloop Polly (Charles Colehan) was bound from St. Eustatius, Netherlands West Indies with a cargo of molasses, salt, coffee and cordage, sailing for the Kennebec River, Massachusetts [Maine]. On 5 April 1777 she was about 120 miles southeast of Cape Ann, Massachusetts. At 1000 HM Frigate Greyhound (Captain Archibald Dickson) sighted a sail in the southeast and chased in company with HM Frigate Diamond (Captain Charles Feilding). The weather was clear and somewhat windy and both frigates made more sail. At 1430 Greyhound spoke the Polly, which surrendered. Dickson sent a mate and four men aboard as a prize crew and removed her eleven man crew. Six of the prisoners were sent to the Diamond.

[NDAR, VIII, 274 and note, 1053-1063]