Name of Vessel:

Sea Nymph

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

12 January 1777

Place of Capture:

South of the Caicos Bank, Caicos Islands

Captor:

HM Sloop Badger

Home Port:

From What Port:

Cap Français, Saint-Domingue

To What Port:

North Carolina

Cargo:

Powder, wine, salt

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

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 Sea Nymph was bound from Cap Français, Saint-Domingue for North Carolina with a cargo of gunpowder, wine, and salt. On 12 January 1777 she was south of the Caicos Bank when she was sighted and stopped by HM Sloop Badger (Lieutenant Charles Holmes Everitt). She was sent into Jamaica and tried and condemned there.

[NDAR, VII, 941; XI, 448-453]