Name of Vessel:

Blair

Master of Vessel:

Charles Periam

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

7 July 1777

Place of Capture:

84 miles northeast of Cape Ortegal, Spain

Captor:

HM Frigate Valiant

Home Port:

From What Port:

Charleston, South Carolina

To What Port:

Nantes, France

Cargo:

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

1777

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: HM Frigate Valiant (Captain John Leveson Gower), was patrolling 111 miles northeast of Cape Ortegal, Spain, on 7 July 1777. At 0500 she sighted and chased a sail to the northeast. At 1400 she fired at the chase and ran her down at 1530. The prize was the brig Blair (Charles Periam), bound from Charleston, South Carolina to Nantes, France. She was tried and condemned in the High Court of Admiralty.

[NDAR, IX, 473; HCA 32/283/3/1-18; The London Gazette, Saturday, January 17, to Tuesday, January 20, 1778]