Name of Vessel:

Molly

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

25 January 1777

Place of Capture:

9 miles northeast of Turks Island, British West Indies

Captor:

HM Sloop Badger

Home Port:

From What Port:

New London, Connecticut

To What Port:

Môle Saint-Nicolas, Saint-Domingue

Cargo:

Lumber, horses

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Officer

Prize crew:

5 [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: HM Sloop Badger (Lieutenant Charles Holmes Everitt) was on patrol about nine miles northeast of Turks Island, British West Indies on 25 January 1777. A sail was seen to the southeast and Badger began chasing. At 2200 she caught up with the chase: brig Molly, bound from New London, Connecticut to Môle Saint-Nicolas, Saint-Domingue with a cargo of horses and lumber. An officer and four men went aboard as a prize crew and Molly was sent into Jamaica, British West Indies. Molly was tried and condemned there.

[NDAR, VII, 1040-1041 and 1041 note; XI, 448-453]