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May 1775






Name of Vessel:

[unknown]

Master of Vessel:


Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

2 May 1775

Place of Capture:

Newport Harbor, Newport, Rhode Island

Captor:

HM Frigate Rose

Home Port:

Providence, Rhode Island

From What Port:

Providence, Rhode Island

To What Port:

Newport, Rhode Island

Cargo:


Tonnage:


Battery:


Crew:


Owners:


Prizemaster:


Prize crew:


Ordered Into:

Newport, Rhode Island

Into What Port:

Newport, Rhode Island

Date Arrived:

2 May 1775

Date Tried:


Date Sold:


Action:

No

Recaptured:

No


Comments: Unknown merchant vessel was captured and detained in Newport Harbor in the afternoon of 2 May 1775 by HM Frigate Rose.


[NDAR, I, 264]


Posted 2 June 2008