Name of Vessel:

Matompkin

Master of Vessel:

Elisha Gain

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

[15] December 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Schooner Tender Dolphin [Æolus]

Home Port:

From What Port:

Virginia

To What Port:

Cargo:

Tobacco

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prizemaster:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Port Royal, Jamaica

Into What Port:

Port Royal, Jamaica

Date Arrived:

18 December 1777

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: On 18 December 1777, HM Schooner Tender Dolphin (tender to HM Frigate Aeolus (Captain Christopher Atkins),  sent the sloop Matompkin (Elisha Gain) into Port Royal, Jamaica. Matompkin was bound from and owned in Virginia, with a cargo of tobacco.

[NDAR, X, 754 and note; XI, 448-453]