Name of Vessel:

Three Brothers [Two Brothers]

Master of Vessel:

Thomas Johnson

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

20 August 1777

Place of Capture:

Nine miles NW of Mt. Desert Island, Massachusetts [Maine]

Captor:

HM Frigate Rainbow

Home Port:

From What Port:

Newfoundland

To What Port:

Barbados, British West Indies

Cargo:

Fish

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Into What Port:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

17 September 1777

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments:

Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Active (Commander Andrew Gardner) and Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Speedwell (Commander Jonathan Greely) sailed with Captain John Manley’s squadron, but soon parted company. On 25 July the two schooners fell in with and captured the brig Three Brothers, out of Newfoundland to Barbados with a cargo of fish. Three Brothers was dispatched to America, but was sighted some nine miles northwest of Mt. Desert Island, chased, and captured by HM Frigate Rainbow (Captain Sir George Collier). She was sent to Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was tried and condemned on 17 September 1777.

[NDAR, IX, 772 and note. The prize his referred to here as the Two Brothers.]