Name of Vessel:

Thomas

Master of Vessel:

Thomas Nicholson

Rig of Vessel:

Snow

Date of Capture:

12 January 1777

Place of Capture:

12 miles NE of Cape May, New Jersey

Captor:

HM Frigate Perseus

Home Port:

Bristol, England

From What Port:

Jamaica, British West Indies

To What Port:

Bristol, England

Cargo:

Logwood, fustic, mahogany

Tonnage:

72

Battery:

6 guns, 6 swivels

Crew:

14 [prize crew]

Owners:

Prizemaster:

Prizecrew:

Ordered Into:

St. Croix, Danish West Indies

Into What Port:

St. Croix, Danish West Indies

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Snow Thomas (Thomas Nicholson) was captured by the Continental Navy Brig Andrew Doria on 12 December 1776. Lieutenant Joshua Barney was put aboard as prize master. The vessel was recaptured by HM Frigate Perseus twelve miles east by north of Cape May on 12 January 1777 after a four hour chase. Barney and the prize crew were landed at Charleston, South Carolina after being generally well-treated by the British.

[NDAR, VII, 574-576 and 577 note, 860 and note, 939-940 and 940 note, 1017 and note; VIII, 82-83, 1053-1063]