Name of Vessel:

Molly

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

20 January 1777

Place of Capture:

Turks Island, British West Indies

Captor:

HM Sloop Badger

Home Port:

From What Port:

To What Port:

New York

Cargo:

Salt

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Officer

Prize crew:

3 [total]

Ordered Into:

Jamaica, British West Indies

Into What Port:

Jamaica, British West Indies

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Brig Molly was laying in Turks Island harbor on 20 January 1777, taking on a cargo of salt. She was bound for New York. At 1300 HM Sloop Badger (Lieutenant Charles Holmes Everitt) entered the harbor. An officer and two men boarded the brig and she was sent off to Jamaica, British West Indies as a prize. Molly was tried and condemned at Jamaica.

[NDAR, VIII, 1010-1011; XI, 448-453]