Name of Vessel:

Sally

Master of Vessel:

John Viceant

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

19 July 1777

Place of Capture:

Off the Virginia Capes

Captor:

HM Frigate Emerald

Home Port:

From What Port:

Virginia

To What Port:

Cap Français, Saint-Domingue, French West Indies

Cargo:

Tobacco

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

John Viceant

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

[scuttled]

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Schooner Sally (John Viceant; owned by Viceant) was bound  from Virginia to Cap Français, Saint-Domingue, French West Indies on 19 July 1777 with a cargo of tobacco. She was coming down Chesapeake Bay, standing for Cape Henry when she was sighted by HM Frigate Emerald (Captain Benjamin Caldwell) at 2100. Caldwell sent off his barge in pursuit and Sally was captured. At 2300 she was brought to the Emerald, her cargo was removed, and the schooner scuttled.

[NDAR, IX, 303, 338-339; “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]