Name of Vessel:

Antonio

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

21 July 1777

Place of Capture:

SW of Caicos Island

Captor:

HM Frigate Glasgow

Home Port:

From What Port:

North Carolina

To What Port:

Cap Français, Saint-Domingue

Cargo:

Lumber, pitch

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Officer

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Jamaica, British West Indies

Into What Port:

Jamaica, British West Indies

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: HM Frigate Glasgow (Captain Thomas Pasley) was southwest of the Caicos Islands on 21 July 1777. At 0700 she sighted a sail to the northwest and chased. At 1000 three gunshots brought the sloop Antonio to a stop. She was French owned, but was bound from North Carolina to Cap Français, Saint-Domingue with a cargo of lumber and pitch; reason enough to send her in. An officer and a prize crew went aboard and she was sent off for Jamaica, British West Indies. Antonio was tried and condemned there.

[NDAR, IX, 314 and note; XI, 448-453 and 454n32]