Name of Vessel:

Dover

Master of Vessel:

Andrew Brown

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

7 July 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Frigate Solebay

Home Port:

From What Port:

New Jersey

To What Port:

Demarara, Netherlands West Indies

Cargo:

Flour, lumber

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 schooner Dover (Andrew Brown) was bound from New Jersey to Demarara, Netherlands West Indies with a cargo of flour and lumber. She was captured by HM Frigate Solebay on 7 July 1777. She was eventually sent into New York, New York, where she was tried and condemned in 1777.

[“The following is a List of Vessels seized as Prizes, and of Recaptures made, by the American Squadron, between the 27^th of May and 24^th of October, 1777, according to the Returns received by Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Howe,” in The London Chronicle, Tuesday, December 2, to Saturday, December 6, 1777; HCA 32/310/11/1-3]