Name of Vessel:

Ann

Master of Vessel:

Edward Edwards

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

13 January 1778

Place of Capture:

Off Stono Inlet, South Carolina

Captor:

HM Frigate Lizard

Home Port:

From What Port:

Newburyport, Massachusetts

To What Port:

Charleston, South Carolina

Cargo:

Bricks, lumber

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

St. Augustine, East Florida

Into What Port:

St. Augustine, East Florida

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: HM Frigate Lizard (Captain Thomas Mackenzie) was patrolling off Charleston, South Carolina in February 1778, part of a small task force interdicting traffic in the area. At midnight on 13 February (0000) she captured the brig Ann (Edward Edwards), bound from Newburyport, Massachusetts to Charleston, with a cargo of bricks and lumber. Ann was captured off Stono Inlet, South Carolina. The prize was sent off to St. Augustine, East Florida.

[NDAR, XI, 105-106 and 106 note]