Name of Vessel:

Salt River Packet

Master of Vessel:

J. Spencer

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

23 January 1777

Place of Capture:

Between St. Eustatius and Saba, Netherlands West Indies

Captor:

HM Frigate Hind

Home Port:

From What Port:

St. Croix, Danish West Indies

To What Port:

St. Eustatius, Netherlands West Indies

Cargo:

Rice, hides

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Officer

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

St. Kitts, British West Indies

Into What Port:

St. Kitts, British West Indies

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The sloop Salt River Packet (J. Spencer) was bound from St. Croix, Danish West Indies to St. Eustatius, Netherlands West Indies with a cargo of rice and hides. On 23 January 1777 she was sailing in the passage between St. Eustatius and Saba, Netherlands West Indies, when she was sighted by HM Frigate Hind (Captain Henry Bryne). Hind chased and fired nine 6-pounders before the sloop brought to. An officer and some men went aboard and Salt River Packet was sent into St. Kitts.

[NDAR, VII, 1030 and note]