Name of Vessel:

[unknown]

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

21 January 1778

Place of Capture:

18 miles southwest of Cabo Corrientes, Cuba

Captor:

HM Frigate Æolus

Home Port:

From What Port:

The Occoys [Les Cayes], Saint-Domingue

To What Port:

Nantucket, Massachusetts

Cargo:

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

6 [total]

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

5 [total]

Ordered Into:

Jamaica, British West Indies

Into What Port:

Jamaica, British West Indies

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: This unidentified schooner was bound from The Occoys [Les Cayes], Saint-Domingue for Nantucket, Massachusetts. She was sighted by HM Frigate Æolus (Captain Christopher Atkins) at 0500 on 21 January 1778, some eighteen miles southwest of Cape Coriantes [Cabo Corrientes, Cuba]. Æolus chased Hiram until noon when the British were becalmed. Atkins sent off his barge and cutter under Lieutenant George Lindsay. At 1830 the boats returned, having captured the schooner. A prize crew of five men went aboard and six prisoners were removed.

[NDAR, XI, 182 and notes]