Name of Vessel:

[unknown]

Master of Vessel:

Schooner

Rig of Vessel:

Date of Capture:

5 May 1777

Place of Capture:

Five miles south of Cape Henry, Virginia

Captor:

HM Frigate Phoenix

Home Port:

From What Port:

To What Port:

Cargo:

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

[destroyed]

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: On 5 May 1777 HM Frigate Phoenix (Captain Hyde Parker, Jr.) chased two schooners ashore some five miles south of Cape Henry, Virginia. Both were presumably destroyed.

[NDAR, VIII, 1053-1063]