Name of Vessel:

Sally

Master of Vessel:

John Hill

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

20 June 1777

Place of Capture:

Off the South Carolina coast

Captor:

HM Frigate Brune

Home Port:

From What Port:

Charleston, South Carolina

To What Port:

Bilbao, Spain

Cargo:

Rice, turpentine

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

J. Winthrop, Jr.

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

St. Augustine, East Florida

Into What Port:

St. Augustine, East Florida

Date Arrived:

22 June 1777

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The schooner Sally (John Hill) was owned by J. Winthrop, Jr. She was en route from Charleston [or Georgetown], South Carolina to Bilbao, Spain in June 1777 with a cargo of rice and turpentine, and several passengers. Sally met HM Frigate Brune (Captain James Ferguson) at sea on 20 June and was captured. The prize was ordered into St. Augustine, East Florida, where she arrived with Brune and prize Fame on 22 June. Hill was aboard a cartel vessel that arrived at Charleston on 14 October 1777, and was presumably exchanged.

[NDAR,“Gazette of the State of South-Carolina, Monday, June 30, 1777,” IX, 192-195 [where Knox is referred to as Cox]; “The Gazette of the State of South-Carolina, Tuesday, October 21, 1777,” X, 236; “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 [According to NDAR, "Gazette of the State of South-Carolina, Monday, June 30, 1777," IX, 192-195, she was proceeding from Saint Domingue, French West Indies to Charleston, South Carolina with dry goods]; **The London Gazette, Tuesday, December 9, to Saturday, December 13, 1777]