Name of Vessel:

Adrian [Adrain; Adraine]

Master of Vessel:

George Kelley

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

[5] July 1776

Place of Capture:

Off the Delaware Capes

Captor:

HM Frigate Orpheus and HM Sloop Kingsfisher

Home Port:

From What Port:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

To What Port:

France

Cargo:

Tobacco, flour bread, staves

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

[New York, New York]

Into What Port:

[New York, New York]

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The brig Adrian [Adrain; Adriane] (George Kelley) was bound from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to France with a cargo of tobacco, flour, bread and staves. About the beginning of July 1776 she was captured off the Delaware Capes by HM Frigate Orpheus and HM Sloop Kingsfisher. She was probably sent into New York, New York. Her trial and condemnation records in the High Court of Admiralty indicate she was an American (or French) merchant brig.

[HCA 32/261/14/1-7; NDAR, V, 1133-1134; Force, Ser. 5, III, 1524]

Posted 10 August 2009