Name of Vessel:

Bellona

Master of Vessel:

Moses Fetcombe

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

7 [12] March 1778

Place of Capture:

Between Cape Sable, Nova Scotia and St. George’s Bank

Captor:

HM Schooner Tender Arbuthnot [Rainbow]

Home Port:

From What Port:

Guadeloupe, French West Indies

To What Port:

Newburyport, Massachusetts

Cargo:

Rum, coffee, molasses

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Into What Port:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Date Arrived:

18 March 1778

Date Tried:

7 April 1778

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Schooner Bellona (Moses Fetcombe) was bound from Guadeloupe, French West Indies to Newburyport, Massachusetts with a cargo of rum, coffee, and molasses. On 7 (or 12) March 1778 she was captured near Cape Sable, Nova Scotia (between Cape Sable and St. George’s Bank) by HM Schooner Tender Arbuthnot (Lieutenant Edward Dalton). Arbuthnot was a tender of HM Frigate Rainbow (Captain Sir George Collier). Bellona was sent in to Halifax, Nova Scotia, arriving on 18 March 1778. She was libeled the same day, and tried and condemned on 7 April 1778.

[NDAR, XI, 684 and note]