Name of Vessel:

Anthony

Master of Vessel:

Jesse Atwell

Rig of Vessel:

Brigantine

Date of Capture:

18 February 1778

Place of Capture:

Off St. Martin, French West Indies

Captor:

HM Sloop Snake

Home Port:

From What Port:

To What Port:

Cargo:

Horses

Tonnage:

112

Battery:

Crew:

9 [total]

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

St. Christopher, British West Indies

Into What Port:

St. Christopher, British West Indies

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: HM Sloop Snake (Commander William Young) was on patrol off St. Martin, French West Indies, on 18 February 1778. Snake chased three sail and discovered them to be two American privateers and a prize they had taken. She captured thee 112-ton brigantine Anthony (Jesse Atwell) with a cargo of horses and a crew of nine men. The prize was sent into St. Christopher. Anthony was said to be bound from America for America.

[NDAR, XI, 372 and note, 644-645]