Name of Vessel:

Betsy

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop [Schooner]

Date of Capture:

4 January 1777

Place of Capture:

21 miles northeast of Cape Henlopen, Delaware

Captor:

HM Frigate Pearl

Home Port:

From What Port:

Cap Francois, St. Domingue, French West Indies

To What Port:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cargo:

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prizecrew:

Ordered Into:

St. Kitts, British West Indies

Into What Port:

St. Kitts, British West Indies

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Betsy was sighted off Cape Henlopen by HM Frigate Pearl at 0630 and was captured at 0800. She was variously identified as a sloop or as a schooner.

[NDAR, VII, 872; VIII, 82-83, 1053-1063]