Name of Vessel:

Liberty

Master of Vessel:

William Freen

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

9 May 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Frigate Lark

Home Port:

From What Port:

St. Eustatius, Netherlands West Indies

To What Port:

Cape May, New Jersey

Cargo:

Ammunition

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

William Freen

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Schooner Liberty (William Freen; also her owner) was bound from St. Eustatius, Netherlands West Indies to Cape May, New Jersey on 9 May 1777 with a cargo of ammunition. She was “run down and sunk” by HM Frigate Lark.

[“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]