Name of Vessel:

Betsey

Master of Vessel:

Samuel Wardwell [Wardell]

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

6 June 1777

Place of Capture:

57 miles NE of Cape Ann, Massachusetts

Captor:

HM Frigate Orpheus

Home Port:

From What Port:

[Charleston], South Carolina

To What Port:

Boston, Massachusetts

Cargo:

Rice

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

2 [total]

Ordered Into:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Into What Port:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Sloop Betsey (Samuel Wardwell [Wardell]) was bound from [Charleston], South Carolina to Boston, Massachusetts with a cargo of rice. She was sighted by HM Frigate Orpheus (Captain Charles Hudson) at 0500 and ordered to chase by HM Frigate Amazon. Orpheus captured the Betsey at 1300. Her crew was removed and a prize crew of two men went aboard. The prize sailed immediately for Halifax.

[NDAR, IX, 41 and note]