Name of Vessel:

Mermaid

Master of Vessel:

Abraham Edwards

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

26 June 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Frigate Orpheus

Home Port:

From What Port:

Guadeloupe, French West Indies

To What Port:

Newburyport, Massachusetts

Cargo:

Rum, molasses

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: Brig Mermaid (Abraham Edwards) was bound from Guadeloupe, French West Indies to Newburyport,  Massachusetts with a cargo of rum and molasses. She was captured by HM Frigate Orpheus on 26 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]