Name of Vessel:

Betsy

Master of Vessel:

Job Prince

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

22 May 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Frigates Diamond and Greyhound

Home Port:

From What Port:

Boston, Massachusetts

To What Port:

Martinique, French West Indies

Cargo:

Fish, lumber, candles

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Pitts, Call & Co.

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Rhode Island

Into What Port:

Rhode Island

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Sloop Betsy (Job Prince; owned by Pitts, Call & Co.) was en route to Martinique, French West Indies from Boston, Massachusetts on 22 May 1777. She had a cargo of fish, lumber and candles aboard. Betsy was captured by HM Frigates Diamond and Greyhound and sent into Rhode Island.

[“The following is a List of Vessels seized as Prizes, and of Recaptures made, by the American Squadron, between the 27^th of May and 24^th of October, 1777, according to the Returns received by Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Howe,” in The London Chronicle, Tuesday, December 2, to Saturday, December 6, 1777]