Name of Vessel:

Hero

Master of Vessel:

Alexander Coffin

Rig of Vessel:

Ship

Date of Capture:

31 July 1777

Place of Capture:

Off Cape Sable

Captor:

HM Frigate Flora

Home Port:

From What Port:

Nantucket, Massachusetts

To What Port:

France

Cargo:

Ballast

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Nathaniel Wheatley

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Newport, Rhode Island

Date Arrived:

Newport, Rhode Island

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Ship Hero (Alexander Coffin; owned by Nathaniel Wheatley) was bound from Nantucket, Massachusetts to France in ballast. She was captured on 31 July 1777 by HM Frigate Flora and sent in to Newport, Rhode Island.

[“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]