Name of Vessel:

Fanny

Master of Vessel:

Thomas Ridley

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

23 January 1777

Place of Capture:

Twelve miles north of Charlestown, South Carolina

Captor:

HM Frigate Camilla

Home Port:

From What Port:

Cap Fran*ais, Saint Domingue

To What Port:

Charlestown, South Carolina

Cargo:

Molasses, rum

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Officer

Prize crew:

8 [total]

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The sloop Fanny (Thomas Ridley) was bound from Cap Fran*ais, Saint Domingue to Charlestown, South Carolina with a cargo of rum and molasses. En route the Fanny encountered bad weather and lost her rudder in the storm. On 23 January 1777 she was some twelve miles north of Charlestown, trying to get into that port. At 1500 she was sighted to the west by HM Frigate Camilla (Captain Charles Phipps). Camilla stopped the Fanny, removed the prisoners, and put an officer and seven men aboard as a prize crew.

[NDAR, VII, 1029-1030]