Name of Vessel:

America

Master of Vessel:

Jonathan Lambert

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

1 January 1776

Place of Capture:

Off Plymouth Road, Nevis, British West Indies

Captor:

HM Sloop Lynx

Home Port:

Salem, Massachusetts

From What Port:

Surinam

To What Port:

Cargo:

Molasses

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Antigua, British West Indies

Into What Port:

Antigua, British West Indies

Date Arrived:

January 1776

Date Tried:

12 March 1776

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: HM Frigate Argo was moored in Plymouth Road, Nevis on 1 January 1776. At 0630 she saw HM Sloop Lynx (Commander Alexander Scott) chasing a brig, which Lynx captured and took in tow for Basseterre. She was brought into Antigua before 17 January 1776. This was the brig America (Jonathan Lambert), from Surinam with a cargo of molasses. America was out of Salem, Massachusetts, and had been reported as captured in the Pennsylvania newspapers with the date of capture before 17 January 1776. Later the Virginia newspapers reported her capture, with the date of capture before 29 March 1776. America was  tried and condemned at Antigua on 12 March 1776.

[NDAR, III, 570 and note; IV, 32, 570-572, 1375-1377; XI, 124-130]