Name of Vessel:

William and Mary

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

28 April 1777

Place of Capture:

In Boston Bay, Massachusetts

Captor:

HM Frigate Daphne

Home Port:

From What Port:

Sanlúcar, Spain

To What Port:

Perth, Scotland [Boston, Massachusetts]

Cargo:

Salt, wine

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: Sloop William and Mary was an American prize, originally bound from Sanlúcar, Spain to Perth, Scotland with a cargo of salt and wine. She was sent off to Boston, Massachusetts. On 28 April 1777, William and Mary was recaptured in Boston Bay by HM Frigate Daphne (Captain St. John Chinnery). She was sent in to 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]