Name of Vessel:

Adventure

Master of Vessel:

Thomas Robinson

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

[June] 1781

Place of Capture:

 

Captor:

[unknown]

Home Port:

Baltimore, Maryland

From What Port:

 

To What Port:

 

Cargo:

 

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

7 [nominal]

Owners:

James Williams, Joseph Williams, Richard Barnaby, David Robinson, and William Avery

Prizemaster:

Prizecrew:

Ordered Into:

Boston, Massachusetts

Into What Port:

Boston, Massachusetts

Date Arrived:

2 May 1775

Date Tried:

1781-1782

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Maryland Privateer Schooner Adventure (Commander Thomas Robinson) was captured by the British in 1781. She had a nominal crew of seven men and was armed with one howitzer. Adventure was owned by James Williams, Joseph Williams, Richard Barnaby, David Robinson, and William Avery, all of Maryland. She was the former English vessel William. Adventure was tried and condemned in the High Court of Admiralty where she is described as an American merchant vessel.

[NRAR, 221; NDAR, X, 703-704; Archives of Maryland: Journal and Correspondence of the Maryland Council of Safety, January 1-March 20, 1777, 16:473; Emmons, 127; HCA 32/262/15/1-29]

Posted 25 December 2008