Name of Vessel:

Adventure

Master of Vessel:

Silas Atkins

Rig of Vessel:

Date of Capture:

[June] 1781

Place of Capture:

Captor:

[unknown]

Home Port:

From What Port:

To What Port:

Cargo:

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

1781-1782

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The Adventure (Silas Atkins) was captured by the British in 1781. She was tried and condemned in the High Court of Admiralty where she is described as a possible American merchant vessel. A further notation is that Atkins succeeded James Simpson.

[HCA 32/262/3/1-23]

Posted 25 December 2008