Name of Vessel:

Success

Master of Vessel:

Pierre Andrew Magnero [Maguero]

Rig of Vessel:

Snow

Date of Capture:

24 July 1777

Place of Capture:

South of Cape Henry, Virginia

Captor:

HM Frigate Emerald

Home Port:

From What Port:

Guadeloupe, French West Indies

To What Port:

Virginia

Cargo:

Salt, cloth, sundries

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: Snow Success (Pierre Andrew Magnero [Maguero]), was bound from Guadeloupe, French West Indies to Virginia with a cargo of salt, cloth and sundries on 24 July 1777. She was sighted by HM Frigate Emerald (Captain Benjamin Caldwell), anchored in the entrance to Chesapeake Bay, at 0700, away to the south southeast. Emerald raised sail to chase, as did HM Frigate Thames. At 0900 Caldwell sent his barge in chase, being unable to work out of the bay. The barge returned at 2100 with the prize, a “French snow.” She was sent off for New York, New York. Success was tried and condemned in 1777. There are High Court of Admiralty records for this prize, where she is described as an “American” merchant vessel

[NDAR, IX, 328 and note, 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; HCA 32/456/9/1-17]