Name of Vessel:

Washington

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

28 March 1778

Place of Capture:

12-15 miles NW Point Isabella, Santo Domingo

Captor:

HM Frigate Niger

Home Port:

From What Port:

South or North Carolina

To What Port:

Cap François, Sainte-Domingue

Cargo:

Tobacco, beeswax, staves

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

6

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:

Yes

Recaptured:

No

Comments: HM Frigate Niger (Captain Robert Lambert) was patrolling 12-15 miles NW Point Isabella, Santo Domingo on the morning of 28 March 1778. At 0500 Niger saw a sail off shore and sent HM Sloop Badger’s tender in chase. Niger’s barge went out after the sail in addition. The barge closed up with the chase and a brief fight followed before the prize surrendered. She was the sloop Washington, from either North Carolina or South Carolina, bound to Cap François, with tobacco, staves and beeswax. She was brought down to Niger at 1200 where her captain and five crew members were removed. Niger began stowing her cargo in preparation to converting Washington into a tender. She was eventually sent to Jamaica, British West Indies.

[NDAR, XI, 825 and note, 834 and note, 851 and note]