Name of Vessel:

Hannah and Elizabeth

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

1 February 1777

Place of Capture:

18 miles northwest of Monte Christi, Santo Domingo

Captor:

HM Sloop Badger

Home Port:

From What Port:

York, Massachusetts [Maine]

To What Port:

Cap Français, Saint-Domingue

Cargo:

Lumber

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Jamaica, British West Indies

Into What Port:

Jamaica, British West Indies

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Schooner Hannah and Elizabeth, with her cargo of lumber, was some eighteen miles northwest of Monte Christi, Santo Domingo on 1 February 1777. She was sighted and chased by HM Sloop Badger (Lieutenant Charles Holmes Everitt), who fired three 4-pounders to bring her to. Hannah and Elizabeth was bound from York, Massachusetts [Maine] to Cap Français, Saint-Domingue. She was taken twelve miles offshore from the French island. She was sent into Jamaica, British West Indies and tried and condemned there.

[NDAR, VII, 1088; XI, 448-453]