Name of Vessel:

Two Brothers

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

27 July 1777

Place of Capture:

21 miles southeast of Charleston, Lighthouse

Captor:

HM Frigate Perseus, HM Frigate Brune, HM Frigate Galatea

Home Port:

From What Port:

New Providence, Bahama Islands

To What Port:

New York, New York

Cargo:

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

[5] [prizecrew]

Owners:

Prizemaster:

Prizecrew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: South Carolina Privateer [Ship] Valentine was at sea in July 1777. She captured the schooner Two Brothers, from New Providence bound to New York. On 27 July 1777, some twenty-one miles southeast of Charleston Lighthouse, the Two Brothers was recaptured by HM Frigates Perseus (Captain George Keith Elphinstone), Galatea (Captain Thomas Jordan) and Brune (Captain James Ferguson).

[NDAR, IX, 343-345 and 345 note]