Name of Vessel:

Polly

Master of Vessel:

Paul Preston

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

9 March 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Sloop Badger

Home Port:

From What Port:

[Charleston], South Carolina

To What Port:

[Cap François, Saint-Domingue]

Cargo:

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Jamaica, British West Indies

Into What Port:

Jamaica, British West Indies

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Brig Polly (Paul Preston) was en route from [Charleston], South Carolina, probably to Cap François, Saint-Domingue, when she was captured by HM Sloop Badger (Lieutenant Charles Holmes Everitt) on 9 March 1777. She was sent off for Jamaica, British West Indies, where she was tried and condemned.

[NDAR, VIII, 161-162; XI, 448-453 and 454 note]