Name of Vessel:

Polly

Master of Vessel:

John Dyer

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

13 [17] March 1778

Place of Capture:

Near St. George’s Bank [Off Falmouth, Massachusetts (Maine) in Casco Bay]

Captor:

HM Schooner Tender Arbuthnot [Rainbow]

Home Port:

From What Port:

Falmouth, Massachusetts [Maine]

To What Port:

West Indies

Cargo:

Lumber

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:

21 April 1778

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Schooner Polly (John Dyer) was bound from Falmouth, Massachusetts [Maine] to the West Indies with a cargo of lumber. On 13 (or 17) March 1778 she was captured near St. George’s Bank (or off Falmouth in Casco Bay) by HM Schooner Tender Arbuthnot (Lieutenant Edward Dalton). Arbuthnot was a tender of HM Frigate Rainbow (Captain Sir George Collier). Polly was sent in to Halifax, Nova Scotia, arriving on 18 March 1778. She was libeled on 26 March, and tried and condemned on 21 April 1778.

[NDAR, XI, 684 and note]