Name of Vessel:

Expedition

Master of Vessel:

Jeremiah Dawsey

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

8 July 1777

Place of Capture:

90 miles northeast of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts

Captor:

HM Frigate Milford

Home Port:

Boston, Massachusetts

From What Port:

Boston, Massachusetts

To What Port:

St. Pierre, St. Pierre and Miquelon, French North America

Cargo:

Rice, indigo, candles

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Sears & Smith of Boston, Massachusetts

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: On 7 July 1777 HM Frigate Milford (Captain William Burnaby) was escorting a convoy about a 150 miles northeast of Nantucket Island. In the morning Milford encountered three frigates out on a cruise, Amazon, Juno, and Orpheus. The four sailed together for a while, but parted company on the morning of 8 July. At 1400 Milford sighted two sail to the north and chased, with Amazon and Orpheus in company. At 2200 the sloop Expedition (Jeremiah Dawsey), owned by Sears & Smith of Boston, Massachusetts, was captured. She was bound from Boston to St. Pierre, St. Pierre and Miquelon, French North America with a cargo of rice, indigo, and candles. She was sent into New York, New York.

[NDAR, IX, 240 and note; “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]