Name of Vessel:

Elizabeth

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Brigantine [Brig]

Date of Capture:

25 June 1777

Place of Capture:

120 miles southwest of Ushant, France

Captor:

HM Frigate Valiant

Home Port:

From What Port:

Charleston, South Carolina

To What Port:

Nantes, France

Cargo:

Rice, tobacco, indigo

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Officer

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

England

Into What Port:

England

Date Arrived:

[July] 1777

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: On 25 June HM Frigate Valiant (Captain John Leveson Gower) was patrolling 120 miles southwest of Ushant. About 1200 she sighted and chased a brig to the northwest. The wind died and then became intermittent, but, at 2000 Valiant was close enough to fire at the brig. She was found to be the brigantine Elizabeth, bound from Charleston, South Carolina to Nantes, France, with rice, tobacco, and indigo. An officer took charge of the Elizabeth. The prize was sent int England, arriving before 5 July 1777.

[NDAR, IX, 427 and note]