Name of Vessel:

Polly

Master of Vessel:

Thomas Dickinson [Dickenson]

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

1 April 1777

Place of Capture:

Off Montserrat, British West Indies

Captor:

HM Sloop Beaver

Home Port:

From What Port:

To What Port:

Cargo:

Ballast

Tonnage:

30

Battery:

Crew:

6 [total]

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Antigua, British West Indies

Into What Port:

Antigua, British West Indies

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

8 May 1777

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The 30-ton sloop Polly (Thomas Dickinson [Dickenson]) was captured off Montserrat, British West Indies, by HM Sloop Beaver (Commander James Jones) on 1 April 1777. She had no cargo and no papers were found aboard the sloop. Her crew of six men was removed and the prize sent into Antigua, British West Indies. Polly was tried and condemned on 8 May 1777.

[NDAR, VIII, 490-491; XI, 124-130]