Name of Vessel:

General Washington [Lady Washington]

Master of Vessel:

Humphrey Hughes

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

1 June 1777

Place of Capture:

Off Cape May, New Jersey

Captor:

HM Tender Ballahoo

Home Port:

From What Port:

Curaçao, Netherlands West Indies

To What Port:

Virginia

Cargo:

Salt, medicine

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

10 [total]

Owners:

Isaac Governier

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Schooner General Washington (Humphrey Hughes) was owned by Isaac Governier. She was bound from Curaçao, Netherlands West Indies to Virginia with a cargo of salt and medicines. General Washington was captured on 1 June 1777, off Cape May, New Jersey by HM Tender Ballahoo (Lieutenant Richard Brewer), tender to the Roebuck. Ten prisoners were transferred to the Roebuck. General Washington was converted into a tender to the Roebuck for a time and then was sent into the Delaware River to join the British fleet there. She was eventually sent into New York, New York where she was tried in the Vice-Admiralty Court as the Lady Washington and condemned.

[NDAR, IX, 3-4 and 4 note; “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; HCA 32/387/1/1-2]