Name of Vessel:

Constant Friend

Master of Vessel:

Benjamin Evans

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

12 June 1777

Place of Capture:

At sea off the French coast

Captor:

HMS Boyne

Home Port:

From What Port:

Charleston, South Carolina

To What Port:

Bordeaux, France

Cargo:

Rice, indigo

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Plymouth, England

Into What Port:

Plymouth, England

Date Arrived:

16 June 1777

Date Tried:

1777

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Captured by HMS Boyne (Captain Robert Sawyer) and escorted into Plymouth, England. The master was a native of England and there was some question as to whether he should be liberated, but he was ordered freed on 20 June. The crew, all French except for the mate and a black sailor, were distributed to various British warships, as prisoners and to serve in their crews.

[NDAR, IX, 406, 415 and note; HCA 32/298/16/1-11]