Name of Vessel:

Friendship

Master of Vessel:

P. Lescet [Pierre Lefeet]

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

23 June 1777

Place of Capture:

252 miles southeast of Cape Ann, Massachusetts [on George’s Bank]

Captor:

HM Frigate Flora

Home Port:

From What Port:

Newburyport, Massachusetts

To What Port:

Martinique, French West Indies

Cargo:

Lumber

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Frederick Devenporte

Prize master:

Petty officer

Prize crew:

7 [total]

Ordered Into:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Into What Port:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

17 July 1777

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Sloop Friendship (P. Lescet [Pierre Lefeet]; owned by Frederick Devenporte) was bound from Newburyport, Massachusetts to Martinique, French West Indies with a cargo of lumber. She sailed on 18 June 1777 under French colors. On 23 June 1777 she was 252 miles southeast of Cape Ann, Massachusetts (on George’s Bank) when she was sighted at 0800 by HM Frigate Flora (Captain John Brisbane). Friendship was captured at 1000. A petty officer and six men went aboard as a prize crew. Flora escorted her into Halifax, Nova Scotia.

[NDAR, IX, 154 and note, 274-275, 275; “The following is a List of Vessels seized as Prizes, and of Recaptures made, by the American Squadron, between the 27^th of May and 24^th of October, 1777, according to the Returns received by Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Howe,” in The London Chronicle, Tuesday, December 2, to Saturday, December 6, 1777]