Name of Vessel:

Ranger

Master of Vessel:

Daniel Bigelow

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

4 April 1777

Place of Capture:

18°20'N

Captor:

HM Brig Antigua

Home Port:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

From What Port:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

To What Port:

St. Eustatius, Netherlands West Indies

Cargo:

Tobacco, flour

Tonnage:

70

Battery:

Crew:

9 [total]

Owners:

Prize master:

Officer

Prize crew:

7 [total]

Ordered Into:

Antigua, British West Indies

Into What Port:

Antigua, British West Indies

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

28 April 1777

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The 70-ton sloop Ranger (Daniel Bigelow) was owned in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She had a crew of nine men aboard in April 1777. Ranger sailed from Philadelphia  on 19 March 177, bound to St. Eustatius, Netherlands West Indies with a cargo of tobacco and flour. On 4 April, she was captured at 18°20'N by HM Brig Antigua (Lieutenant William Swiney). Antigua sent an officer and six men aboard as a prize crew and sent her into Antigua, British West Indies. Ranger was tried and condemned on 28 April 1777.

[NDAR, VIII, 273 and note, 490-491; XI, 124-130]