Name of Vessel:

Industry

Master of Vessel:

John Hutchins

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

29 May 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Armed Sloop Haerlem

Home Port:

From What Port:

Bermuda

To What Port:

Virginia

Cargo:

Salt

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Hutchins & Co.

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

New York, New York

Into What Port:

New York, New York

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Sloop Industry (John Hutchins [Hutchings]) was owned by Hutchins & Co. She was en route from Bermuda to Virginia with a cargo of salt when she was captured by HM Armed Sloop Haerlem (Lieutenant John Knight) and HM Brig Tender Stanley (Lieutenant Richard Whitworth) on 29 May 1777. Industry was ordered in to New York.

[NDAR, IX, 158; “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]