Name of Vessel:

Prosperous Polly

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

21 January 1777

Place of Capture:

Near Turks Island, British West Indies

Captor:

HM Sloop Badger

Home Port:

From What Port:

Cap Français, Saint-Domingue

To What Port:

Baltimore, Maryland

Cargo:

Salt, dry goods

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

2 [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: Sloop Prosperous Polly was near Turks Island, British West Indies on 21 January 1777. She had a cargo of salt and dry goods aboard and was bound from Cap Français, Saint-Domingue to Baltimore, Maryland. She was sighted and chased by HM Sloop Badger (Lieutenant Charles Holmes Everitt) at 0100. It took ten guns from Badger before Prosperous Polly gave up. Two men went aboard as a prize crew and she was sent off to Jamaica, British West Indies, where she was tried and condemned.

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