Name of Vessel:

Peggy

Master of Vessel:

Alexander Thompson

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

10 January 1777

Place of Capture:

48 miles SE of Cape Henlopen, Delaware

Captor:

HM Frigate Roebuck

Home Port:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

From What Port:

Savannah, Georgia

To What Port:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cargo:

Rice, indigo, hides, leather

Tonnage:

20

Battery:

Crew:

6 [total]

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Antigua, British West Indies

Into What Port:

Antigua, British West Indies

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Sloop Peggy (Alexander Thompson) was en route to Philadelphia from Savannah on 10 January 1777, when she fell in with HM Frigate Roebuck (Captain Andrew Snape Hamond) some forty-eight miles southeast of Cape Henlopen. Sighted at 0400, little Peggy was soon captured. She was taken into Antigua by Roebuck and condemned there.

[NDAR, VII, 915 and note, 1048-1049; VIII, 82-83, 1053-1063]