Name of Vessel:

Dolphin

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

[June] 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Frigate Aeolus

Home Port:

From What Port:

To What Port:

Cargo:

Dry goods

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Jamaica, British West Indies

Into What Port:

Jamaica, British West Indies

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: HM Frigate Aeolus (Captain Christopher Atkins) captured the schooner Dolphin, with her cargo of dry goods. She was probably captured between April 1777 to June 1777 and placement in June is arbitrary. Dolphin was sent into Jamaica, British West Indies.

[NDAR, XI, 448-453]