Name of Vessel:

St. Barbara

Master of Vessel:

Thomas Ross

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

1 June 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Frigate Scarborough

Home Port:

From What Port:

Falmouth, Massachusetts [Maine]

To What Port:

St. Lucia, French West Indies

Cargo:

Lumber

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Into What Port:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The sloop St. Barbara (Thomas Ross) was bound from Falmouth, Massachusetts [Maine] to St. Lucia, French West Indies with a cargo of lumber. On 1 June 1777 she was captured at sea by HM Frigate Scarborough and sent into Halifax, Nova Scotia.

[“List of Vessels seized, destroyed or retaken by the American Squadron between the 25^th of October 1777, and the 28^th of September 1778, according to the Returns received by the Vice Admiral the Viscount Howe, exclusive of those seized or destroyed by His Majesty’s Ships in Chesapeake Bay, and on the Parts of the Coast of North America to the Southward thereof, of which a Return was made on the 23^rd of April 1778,” in The London Gazette, Saturday, November 21, to Tuesday, November 24, 1778]