Name of Vessel:

Nancy

Master of Vessel:

Naler Hatch

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

20 June 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Frigate Milford

Home Port:

From What Port:

Boston, Massachusetts

To What Port:

St. Pierre, St. Pierre and Miquelon, French North America

Cargo:

Boards, oil, candles, rice, tar

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Uriah Oakes & Co.

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Into What Port:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Date Arrived:

[July] 1777

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Sloop Nancy (Naler Hatch), owned by Uriah Oakes & Co., was en route from Boston, Massachusetts to St. Pierre, St. Pierre and Miquelon, French North America, with a cargo of boards, oil, candles, rice, and tar on 20 June 1777. She was captured by HM Frigate Milford (Captain William Burnaby) and sent in to 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]