Name of Vessel:

Swiftsure

Master of Vessel:

John Munro

Rig of Vessel:

Date of Capture:

15 April 1777

Place of Capture:

Off the North Carolina coast

Captor:

HM Frigate Brune

Home Port:

From What Port:

St. Thomas, Danish West Indies

To What Port:

Cargo:

Rum, dry goods

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

[burned]

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The American vessel Swiftsure (John Munro) was bound from St. Thomas, Danish West Indies with a cargo of rum and dry goods. She was captured by HM Frigate Brune (Captain James Ferguson) on 15 April 1777, off the North Carolina coast. Swiftsure was burned. Her crew were probably among the twenty-nine or forty-two prisoners released at Cape Fear, North Carolina on 2 May 1777.

[NDAR, VIII, 942, 956-957, 997-998, 1053-1063]