Name of Vessel:

Speedwell

Master of Vessel:

Joseph Manchester

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

16 July 1776

Place of Capture:

At sea

Captor:

HM Frigate Hind

Home Port:

Providence, Rhode Island

From What Port:

Providence, Rhode Island

To What Port:

Hispaniola

Cargo:

Flour and lumber

Tonnage:

70

Battery:

4 guns

Crew:

7

Owners:

Prizemaster:

Prizecrew:

Ordered Into:

English Harbor, Antigua, British West Indies

Into What Port:

English Harbor, Antigua, British West Indies

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Sloop Speedwell (Joseph Manchester) was a 70-ton vessel, manned with a crew of seven men and armed with four guns. She was bound out of Providence, Rhode Island with a cargo of flour and lumber, for Hispaniola. Speedwell was captured on 16 July 1776 by HM Frigate Hind (Captain Henry Bryne) and sent into English Harbor, Antigua for trial.

[NDAR, V, 1254]

Posted 10 August 2009