Name of Vessel:

Linkhorn

Master of Vessel:

James Mitchell

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

22 January 1778

Place of Capture:

90 miles southwest of Cape Sable, Nova Scotia

Captor:

HM Frigate Apollo

Home Port:

From What Port:

Newburyport, Massachusetts

To What Port:

Surinam, Netherlands South America

Cargo:

Fish, lumber

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Samuel Knowell

Prize master:

Mate

Prize crew:

5 [total]

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

[Burned]

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Sloop Linkhorn (James Mitchell) was bound from Newburyport, Massachusetts to Surinam, Netherlands South America with a cargo of fish and lumber. Linkhorn was owned by Samuel Knowell. On 22 January 1778 Linkhorn was some ninety miles southwest of Cape Sable, Nova Scotia when she was sighted at 1500 by HM Frigate Apollo (Captain Philemon Pownoll). At 1700 Apollo ran her down and sent a mate and four men aboard as a prize crew. The American crew was removed to the Apollo. Linkhorn and Apollo lay to for the night. At 0800 the prize crew informed Pownoll that the prize was very leaky and Apollo took her in tow. After removing several articles from the sloop, she was set on fire at 1600 and destroyed.

[NDAR, XI, 186 and note]