Name of Vessel:

Harlem

Master of Vessel:

John Simonton

Rig of Vessel:

Date of Capture:

30 July 1776

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Frigate Brune

Home Port:

From What Port:

To What Port:

Cargo:

Powder, arms

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

New York, New York

Date Arrived:

New York, New York

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The American merchant vessel Harlem (John Simonton) was captured on 30 July 1776 by HM Frigate Brune. She had a cargo of arms and gunpowder aboard. Harlem was sent into New York, New York. She was tried and condemned in the Vice Admiralty Court of New York in 1776-1777.

[The London Gazette, Tuesday, July 8, to Saturday, July 12, 1777; NDAR, VIII, 1053-1063; HCA 32/348/9/1-45]

Posted 10 August 2009