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British Prizes
June 1781






Name of Vessel:

Alert

Master of Vessel:

Joseph Chabon

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:

New York, New York

Into What Port:

New York, New York

Date Arrived:


Date Tried:

1781-1782

Date Sold:


Action:

No

Recaptured:

No


Comments: The Alert (Joseph Chabon) was captured by the British in 1781. She was sent into New York, New York where she was tried and condemned. She was described as a French privateer.


[HCA 32/266/2/1-11]


Posted 25 December 2008