Name of Vessel:

Good Intent

Master of Vessel:

David Burch

Rig of Vessel:

Ship

Date of Capture:

6 January 1777

Place of Capture:

Off Bermuda, British West Indies

Captor:

HM Frigate Galatea

Home Port:

From What Port:

Baltimore, Maryland

To What Port:

Cargo:

Flour, bread

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prizecrew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Bermuda, British West Indies

Date Arrived:

Bermuda, British West Indies

Date Tried:

[10] January 1776

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Ship Good Intent (David Burch) was captured by HM Frigate Galatea while Galatea and HM Sloop Nautilus were en route from New York to Bermuda. Good Intent was taken into Bermuda. This was the second time that Burch had been captured by the British.

[NDAR, VII, 948-949; VIII, 1053-1063]