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British Prizes June 1781 |
Name of Vessel:
Harmony
Master of Vessel:
Commander Jabez Lord
Rig of Vessel:
Sloop
Date of Capture:
8 June 1781
Place of Capture:
Captor:
British Privateer [unknown] [unknown]
Home Port:
New London, Connecticut
From What Port:
New London, Connecticut
To What Port:
Cargo:
Tonnage:
Battery:
Crew:
Owners:
Prize master:
Prize crew:
Ordered Into:
[Halifax, Nova Scotia]
Into What Port:
Casco Bay, Massachusetts [Maine]
Date Arrived:
Date Tried:
Date Sold:
Action:
No
Recaptured:
No
Comments: Connecticut Privateer Sloop Harmony was in service under Commander Jabez Lord of Norwich, Connecticut by May 1781. He sailed out of New London in the Harmony in May, and was captured by a British privateer from Halifax on 8 June 1781. Lord, or the Harmony, or both, were re-captured and taken into Casco Bay, Massachusetts [Maine].
[Middlebrook, Maritime Connecticut During The Revolution, II, 121]