Name of Vessel:

Active

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

[15] February 1778

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Sloop Badger

Home Port:

Virginia

From What Port:

To What Port:

Cargo:

Tobacco, flour

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: Sloop Active, owned in Virginia, was captured by HM Sloop Badger (Lieutenant Michael John Everitt), probably about 15 February 1778, and sent into Jamaica, British West Indies. She had a cargo of tobacco and flour and was, presumably, proceeding to the French West Indies.

[NDAR, XI, 448-453]