Name of Vessel:

Dartmouth

Master of Vessel:

James Littlefield

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

[8] 9 January 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Frigate Mermaid

Home Port:

Nantucket, Massachusetts

From What Port:

Boston, Massachusetts

To What Port:

[French West Indies]

Cargo:

Lumber, staves

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Edward Gray of Nantucket, Massachusetts

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Antigua, British West Indies

Into What Port:

Antigua, British West Indies

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Sloop Dartmouth (James Littlefield) sailed from Boston, Massachusetts at some date after 13 December 1776. She was captured by HM Frigate Mermaid.

[NDAR, VII, 470, 1218-1219; VIII, 82-83, 1053-1063]