Name of Vessel:

Fanny

Master of Vessel:

Thomas Tucker

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

22 May 1777

Place of Capture:

Off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina

Captor:

HM Frigate Daphne

Home Port:

Charleston, South Carolina

From What Port:

Charleston, South Carolina

To What Port:

Virginia

Cargo:

Salt

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Blake & Co.

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: Brig Fanny (Thomas Tucker; owned by Blake & Co.) was bound from Charleston, South Carolina to Virginia with a cargo of salt. On 22 [29] May 1777 Fanny was fifteen miles north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina where she was captured by HM Frigate Daphne. She was sent into St. Augustine, East Florida. The prize was adjudged as a recapture by the British.

[NDAR, IX, 192-195; “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]