Name of Vessel:

Africa

Master of Vessel:

Joseph Ripley

Rig of Vessel:

Ship

Date of Capture:

[June] 1776

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Frigate Hind

Home Port:

From What Port:

To What Port:

Cargo:

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Antigua, British West Indies

Into What Port:

Antigua, British West Indies

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

4 July 1776

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Ship Africa (Joseph Ripley) was captured by HM Frigate Hind (Captain Henry Bryne) and sent into Antigua, British West Indies. It is possible that she was the same vessel as the brig Africa, mentioned in a British intelligence report as being in Spain to load supplies for the Americans in April 1776. The date of capture is arbitrary. Africa was condemned on 4 July 1776.

[NDAR, IV, 977; XI, 124-130]