Name of Vessel:

Rose

Master of Vessel:

Joseph Costin

Rig of Vessel:

Brig [Schooner]

Date of Capture:

13 January 1777

Place of Capture:

153 miles SE of Cape Henlopen, Delaware

Captor:

HM Frigate Roebuck

Home Port:

From What Port:

Cap Nicola Mole, St. Domingue

To What Port:

Boston, Massachusetts

Cargo:

Molasses, wine

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Bermuda, British West Indies

Into What Port:

Bermuda, British West Indies

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Captured at 1200 after a four hour chase. Crew was removed and she was sent to Bermuda on 14 January 1777. Rose is consistently referred to as a schooner. She may be confused with the Felicity, captured the day before.

[NDAR, VII, 954 and note, 1048-1049; VIII, 1053-1063]