Name of Vessel:

Fame

Master of Vessel:

Commander Francis Knox

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

28 May [1 June] 1777

Place of Capture:

Off Cape Henlopen, Pennsylvania

Captor:

HM Frigate Brune

Home Port:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

From What Port:

St. Pierre, Martinique, French West Indies

To What Port:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cargo:

Rum, molasses, salt, cordage, bale goods

Tonnage:

Battery:

8x

Crew:

14 [partial]

Owners:

Blair McClenachan of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

St. Augustine, East Florida

Into What Port:

St. Augustine, East Florida

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Pennsylvania Privateer Brig Fame was owned by Blair McClenachan of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was at sea under Commander Francis Knox in May 1777. Fame was listed as being armed with eight guns. Fame was en route from St. Pierre, Martinique, in the French West Indies to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with a cargo of rum, molasses, salt, cordage and dry goods. She was captured by HM Frigate Brune (Captain James Ferguson) on 28 May 1777 (or 1 June 1777) off Cape Henlopen, Pennsylvania. Fourteen prisoners from the Fame were transferred to HM Frigate Roebuck later in that day. The prize was escorted to St. Augustine, where she arrived on 22 June. Knox was confined in irons.

[NDAR, IX, 3-4, 192-195 [where Knox is referred to as Cox]; “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 [According to NDAR, "Gazette of the State of South-Carolina, Monday, June 30, 1777," IX, 192-195, she was proceeding from Saint Domingue, French West Indies to Charleston, South Carolina with dry goods]]