Name of Vessel:

Smack

Master of Vessel:

John Leighton

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

15 January 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Frigate Unicorn

Home Port:

From What Port:

Boston, Massachusetts

To What Port:

Virginia

Cargo:

Sugar, rum, fish

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

5 [total]

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

New York, New York

Into What Port:

New York, New York

Date Arrived:

23 January 1777

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Captured by HM Frigate Unicorn. Crew exchanged 8 February 1777. Sent into New York, New York, where she was condemned in 1777 in the Vice Admiralty Court.

[NDAR, VII, 1046, 1095 and note, 1143; VIII, 1053-1063; HCA 32/452/12/1-6]