Name of Vessel:

Marblehead

Master of Vessel:

John Dugard

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

17 June 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Frigate Orpheus

Home Port:

From What Port:

Bilbao, Spain

To What Port:

Boston, Massachusetts

Cargo:

Cordage, linen, silk, iron

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Date Arrived:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Schooner Marblehead (John Dugard) was bound from Bilbao, Spain to Boston, Massachusetts with a cargo of cordage, iron, linen and silk. She was captured by HM Frigate Orpheus on 17 June 1777 and sent into Halifax, Nova Scotia.

[“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]