Name of Vessel:

William and Grace

Master of Vessel:

William Kissick

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

28 July 1777

Place of Capture:

Off the Lizard, England

Captor:

HM Tender Neptune [HMS Prince George]

Home Port:

From What Port:

Charleston, South Carolina

To What Port:

Amsterdam, Holland

Cargo:

Rice

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Portsmouth, England

Into What Port:

Portsmouth, England

Date Arrived:

28 July 1777

Date Tried:

1777

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Brig William and Grace (William Kissick) sailed from Charleston bound to Amsterdam with a cargo of rice. She was captured about 28 July 1777 by the Neptune, a tender to HMS Prince George, off the Lizard, and taken into Portsmouth, England on the 28th. William and Grace was tried in the High Court of Admiralty and condemned in 1777. She is described as an American merchant vessel.

[NDAR, IX, 538 and note; HCA 32/490/7/1-30]