Name of Vessel:

Lucy

Master of Vessel:

Thomas Ridley

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

28 May 1777

Place of Capture:

Off the South Carolina coast

Captor:

HM Frigate Daphne

Home Port:

From What Port:

Boston, Massachusetts

To What Port:

Virginia

Cargo:

Salt

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Ridley & Co.

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

[burned]

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Schooner Lucy (Thomas Ridley) was owned by Ridley & Co. Lucy was en route from Boston, Massachusetts to Virginia with a cargo of salt. On 28 May 1777 Lucy was off the South Carolina coast where she encountered HM Frigate Daphne (Captain St. John Chinnery) and was captured. Lucy was stripped by the storeship Union, in company with the Daphne, and burned.

[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]