Name of Vessel:

Tammey

Master of Vessel:

Zebulon Rust

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

5 June 1777

Place of Capture:

Off George’s Bank

Captor:

HM Frigate Syren

Home Port:

From What Port:

Boston, Massachusetts

To What Port:

Surinam, Netherlands East Indies

Cargo:

Fish, 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 brig Tammey (Zebulon Rust; owned by J. Smith) was bound from Boston, Massachusetts to Surinam, Netherlands West Indies with a cargo of fish and lumber. On 5 June 1777 she was on George’s Bank, where she was captured by HM Frigate Syren. Tammey was 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 [where Lucy is credited twice, one to Juno and once to Amazon]]