Name of Vessel:

Three Friends

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

[21] July 1777

Place of Capture:

Off Passamaquoddy Bay, Nova Scotia [New Brunswick]

Captor:

HM Frigate Mercury

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Ordered Into:

Windsor, Nova Scotia

Into What Port:

Windsor, Nova Scotia

Date Arrived:

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Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The brig Three Friends was captured by HM Frigate Mercury in July 1777 (probably about 21 July) off Passamaquoddy Bay, Nova Scotia [New Brunswick]. She sent into Windsor, Nova Scotia.

[“List of Vessels seized, destroyed or retaken by the American Squadron between the 25^th of October 1777, and the 28^th of September 1778, according to the Returns received by the Vice Admiral the Viscount Howe, exclusive of those seized or destroyed by His Majesty’s Ships in Chesapeake Bay, and on the Parts of the Coast of North America to the Southward thereof, of which a Return was made on the 23^rd of April 1778,” in The London Gazette, Saturday, November 21, to Tuesday, November 24, 1778]