Name of Vessel:

Lucretia

Master of Vessel:

Jacob Serley [Surly]

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

14 January 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HMS Chatham

Home Port:

From What Port:

Bordeaux, France

To What Port:

[New York, New York]

Cargo:

Saltpeter, sulphur

Tonnage:

110

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prizemaster:

Prizecrew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Lucretia was a Bermuda model sloop sailing out of New York. She was in Bordeaux on 27 September 1776, having brought in a cargo of flour, lumber and potatoes to exchange for a cargo of munitions.

[NDAR, VI, 616-617, 1144-1145; VIII, 1053-1063]