Name of Vessel:

Fox

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Ship

Date of Capture:

7 July 1777

Place of Capture:

Off Cape Sable

Captor:

HM Frigate Flora

Home Port:

From What Port:

To What Port:

Cargo:

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Date Arrived:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

Yes

Recaptured:

No

Comments: This was HM Frigate Fox, captured by Continental Navy Ships Hancock and Boston, and re-captured by HM Frigate Flora.

[“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]