Name of Vessel:

Fly

Master of Vessel:

Timothy Toby

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

21 February 1778

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Schooner Tender Libra [HM Frigate Aurora]

Home Port:

From What Port:

North Carolina

To What Port:

Cargo:

Tobacco, tar, turpentine

Tonnage:

12

Battery:

Crew:

4

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Antigua, British West Indies

Into What Port:

Antigua, British West Indies

Date Arrived:

28 February 1778

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The 12-ton Sloop Fly (Timothy Toby) was en route from North Carolina to a destination in the West Indies when she was met and captured on 21 February 1778 by HM Schooner Tender Libra (tender to HM Frigate Aurora). The British reported she had a cargo of tobacco, tar and turpentine aboard and a crew of four men. She was owned in North Carolina. The prize was escorted into English Harbor, Antigua, British West Indies, by the Libra, arriving on 28 February 1778.

[NDAR, XI, 470 and note, 644-645]