Name of Vessel:

Will

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

[January] 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Frigate Boreas

Home Port:

From What Port:

To What Port:

Cargo:

Molasses, coffee

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 Will, with a cargo of molasses and coffee, was captured by HM Frigate Boreas (Captain Charles Thompson), a unit of the Jamaica station. This capture was listed only in a prize list dated 26 February 1778, but was before 20 March 1777.

[NDAR, VIII, 161-162; XI, 448-453]