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British Prizes May 1775 |
Name of Vessel:
Doctor’s Box
Master of Vessel:
Rig of Vessel:
Schooner
Date of Capture:
12 May 1775
Place of Capture:
Tarpaulin Cove, Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts
Captor:
HM Sloop Falcon
Home Port:
Marblehead, Massachusetts
From What Port:
Marblehead, Massachusetts
To What Port:
Marblehead, Massachusetts
Cargo:
Fish
Tonnage:
Battery:
Crew:
Owners:
Prizemaster:
Prize crew:
Ordered Into:
Boston, Massachusetts
Into What Port:
Boston, Massachusetts
Date Arrived:
Date Tried:
Date Sold:
Action:
No
Recaptured:
No
Comments: Schooner Doctor’s Box was a fishing schooner out of Marblehead, Massachusetts. She was returning from the fishery when she was intercepted by HM Sloop Falcon (Commander John Linzee) at Tarpaulin Cove in the Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts on 12 May 1775 at 2100. Linzee sent the schooner to Boston, where she was condemned and sold.
[NDAR, I, 322 and notes; II, 1373-1377]