Name of Vessel:

Three Friends

Master of Vessel:

Robert Cook

Rig of Vessel:

Ship

Date of Capture:

2 July 1777

Place of Capture:

45 miles northeast of Cape Ortegal, Spain

Captor:

HM Frigate Valiant

Home Port:

From What Port:

Charleston, South Carolina

To What Port:

Nantes, France

Cargo:

Rice, indigo, tobacco

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

England

Into What Port:

England

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

1777

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: HM Frigate Valiant (Captain John Leveson Gower), was patrolling forty-five miles northeast of Cape Ortegal, Spain, on 2 July 1777. At 0800 she sighted and chased a sail to windward. At 1630 she fired at the chase and brought her to. The prize was the ship Three Friends (Robert Cook), bound from Charleston, South Carolina to Nantes, France, with a cargo of rice, indigo and tobacco. She was sent into England where she was condemned as a recapture, formerly being the Maria, captured by the Americans.

[NDAR, IX, 453 and note; The London Gazette, Saturday, January 17, to Tuesday, January 20, 1778; HCA 32/462/12/1-50]