Name of Vessel:

Seaflower

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

26 April 1777

Place of Capture:

Boston Bay, Massachusetts

Captor:

HM Sloop Albany

Home Port:

From What Port:

Boston, Massachusetts

To What Port:

St. Pierre, Martinique, French West Indies

Cargo:

Tobacco, beef, pork

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Into What Port:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Schooner Seaflower was bound from Boston, Massachusetts to St. Pierre, Martinique, French West Indies with a cargo of tobacco, beef and pork. She was captured by HM Sloop Albany on 26 April 1777, in Boston Bay and sent into Halifax, Nova Scotia.

[“The following is a List of Vessels seized as Prizes, and of Recaptures made, by the American Squadron, between the 27^th of May and 24^th of October, 1777, according to the Returns received by Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Howe,” in The London Chronicle, Tuesday, December 2, to Saturday, December 6, 1777]