Name of Vessel:

Pitt

Master of Vessel:

Edward Sheers

Rig of Vessel:

Ship

Date of Capture:

22 June 1777

Place of Capture:

At sea to the northwest of Gibralter

Captor:

HM Frigate Levant

Home Port:

From What Port:

Cherbourg, France

To What Port:

Boston, Massachusetts

Cargo:

Two brass mortars, 150 swivel guns, iron, shot, muskets

Tonnage:

200

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Gibralter

Into What Port:

Gibralter

Date Arrived:

27 June 1777

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Sighted at noon by HM Frigate Levant (Captain George Murray) and captured by dark. Pitt struck at the first shot from Levant. She was escorted into Gibralter by the Levant.

[NDAR, IX, 436-437]