Name of Vessel:

Sportsman

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Date of Capture:

[June] 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

[unknown]

Home Port:

From What Port:

To What Port:

Cargo:

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

New York, New York

Into What Port:

New York, New York

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

1777-1782

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Sportsman was a British merchant vessel captured by the Americans. John Semple was put on the Sportsman as the prize master. Sportsman was re-captured by the British and sent into New York, New York, where she was tried and condemned.

[HCA 32/455/4/1-11]