Name of Vessel:

Anne [Ann]

Master of Vessel:

James Garrigues

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

14 May 1777

Place of Capture:

5-10 miles northwest of the Caicos Islands, Bahamas

Captor:

HM Frigate Winchelsea

Home Port:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

From What Port:

To What Port:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cargo:

Gunpowder, arms, cannon

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Officer

Prize crew:

7 [total]

Ordered Into:

Jamaica, British West Indies

Into What Port:

Jamaica, British West Indies

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: HM Frigate Winchelsea (Captain Nathaniel Bateman) was patrolling around the Caicos Islands, Bahamas on 13 May 1777. She stopped a number of sail and examined them and sent her boats in chase of others. On 14 May, at 0700, she came up with the brig Ann [Anne], captured by her boats. Ann had a cargo of powder and arms, including eighteen brass field-pieces, aboard. She was bound for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, under James Garrigues. At 1000 an officer and six men went on the Ann as a prize crew, the prisoners were removed, and the brig was sent to Jamaica. She was tried and condemned there.

[NDAR, VIII, 968-969 and 969 note; IX, 8, 159-161; XI, 448-453]