Name of Vessel:

Falmouth

Master of Vessel:

John Martin

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

31 March 1776

Place of Capture:

Off Carlisle Bay, Barbados, British West Indies

Captor:

HM Frigate Argo

Home Port:

Falmouth, Massachusetts [Maine]

From What Port:

Falmouth, Massachusetts [Maine]

To What Port:

Barbados, British West Indies

Cargo:

Ballast

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prizemaster:

Gunner

Prize crew:

10 [total]

Ordered Into:

St. John's, Antigua, British West Indies

Into What Port:

St. John's, Antigua, British West Indies

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

18 May 1776

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Brig Falmouth (John Martin), out of Falmouth, Massachusetts (now Maine) and bound for Barbados in ballast, was captured off Carlisle Bay, Barbados at 1200 on 31 March 1776 by HM Frigate Argo (Captain William Garnier). Argo had sailed from Carlisle Bay, Barbados at 0600. A prize crew of the gunner, a petty officer and eight sailors was put aboard and she was sent into St. John's, Antigua for trial and was condemned there on 18 May 1776 (or by 1 May 1776). Her capture was reported in the Philadelphia papers on 24 July 1776.

[NDAR, IV, 605 and note, 1375-1377; V, 330-331; XI, 124-130]