Name of Vessel:

Friendship

Master of Vessel:

Daniel Rhodes

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

1 January 1777

Place of Capture:

One mile northwest of Cape May, New Jersey

Captor:

HM Frigate Roebuck

Home Port:

 

From What Port:

Môle Saint-Nicolas, Saint Domingue, French West Indies

To What Port:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cargo:

Molasses, sugar

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prizecrew:

Ordered Into:

New York, New York

Into What Port:

New York, New York

Date Arrived:

9 January 1777

Date Tried:

1777

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Schooner Friendship (Daniel Rhodes) was inbound from Môle Saint-Nicolas, Saint Domingue in January 1777 with a cargo of molasses and sugar, heading for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On 1 January Friendship was off Cape May, New Jersey, as was HM Frigate Roebuck (Captain Andrew Snape Hamond). The big frigate sighted the schooner at 1300 in squally, rainy weather and chased. At 1900 several shots brought the Friendship to a stop. She was sent to New York under escort of HM Sloop Falcon and delivered to an anchorage at Sandy Hook, New Jersey on 9 January 1777. Friendship was tried and condemned in the New York Vice Admiralty court in 1777.

[NDAR, VII, 837-838 and 838 note, 1095 and note; VIII, 1053-1063; HCA 32/336/14/1-5]